[Remote] Senior Engineering Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CVS Health’s Aetna Digital organization is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead teams building and operating backend services and APIs for its digital health experiences. The role oversees engineering teams, technical architecture, product delivery, operational reliability, and adoption of AI capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of 10-12 highly skilled software engineers, creating an environment of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning
• Establish a culture of engineering excellence through mentorship, technical coaching, regular feedback, and career development planning
• Drive workforce planning, hiring, succession planning, performance management, and organizational growth initiatives
• Foster an inclusive and engaging team culture that attracts and retains top engineering talent
• Provide technical leadership for the design, development, deployment, and operation of cloud-native backend services and APIs that support core Aetna Digital products and experiences
• Establish and enforce API design standards, engineering best practices, architecture principles, and operational excellence frameworks
• Partner with architects and senior engineers to define scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable solutions aligned with enterprise technology strategy
• Lead architectural reviews and technical decision-making, ensuring solutions meet performance, reliability, compliance, and security requirements
• Drive modernization initiatives, reducing technical debt while improving platform scalability, maintainability, and developer velocity
• Partner closely with Product Managers and business stakeholders to translate product vision into executable engineering roadmaps and delivery plans
• Ensure predictable delivery of strategic initiatives through effective planning, prioritization, dependency management, and risk mitigation
• Communicate technical strategies, tradeoffs, execution progress, and business impacts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Build strong relationships across Product, Architecture, Security, Enterprise Technology, and Operations teams to drive alignment and execution
• Establish and continuously improve engineering practices related to CI/CD, automated testing, code quality, observability, reliability, security, and platform performance
• Drive adoption of DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, including monitoring, incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement
• Ensure systems meet high standards for availability, scalability, compliance, and operational resilience
• Leverage metrics and engineering KPIs to improve delivery effectiveness, software quality, and customer outcomes
• Champion the adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices that improve developer productivity, software quality, operational efficiency, and delivery speed
• Identify opportunities to incorporate AI-powered capabilities into digital experiences to improve member engagement and personalization
• Stay current on emerging technologies, platforms, and industry trends, bringing innovative ideas that advance Aetna Digital's technology roadmap

Skills

• 7+ years of software engineering experience building enterprise-grade applications and services
• 3+ years of engineering management experience leading software development teams
• 3+ years of experience with Node.js, Java, or Spring Boot
• 3+ years of experience designing, building, and operating cloud-native applications in AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Bachelor's degree or, equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)
• Experience leading backend engineering teams responsible for APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
• Demonstrated success delivering large-scale technology initiatives in partnership with Product and business stakeholders
• Experience driving engineering excellence initiatives including CI/CD, automated testing, observability, reliability, and operational maturity
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience building high-performing teams through coaching, hiring, mentoring, and performance management
• Experience with API gateway platforms, service mesh technologies, and modern integration frameworks
• Expertise in microservices architecture, containerization, Kubernetes, and cloud platform services
• Experience managing production support models, incident response processes, and on-call organizations
• Experience leveraging Generative AI, AI-assisted coding platforms, agentic workflows, or AI-powered developer tools within software engineering organizations
• Experience partnering with architecture organizations to define enterprise standards and technology strategies

Benefits

• Eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above
• An award target in the company’s equity award program
• This full-time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of colleagues and their families, based on eligibility
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off
• Retirement savings options
• Wellness programs
• Remote/Hybrid

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