Data Engineer
CVS Health · Work At Home, SC
$64,890–$173,040from the description
Jul 22, 2026
Work At Home, SC
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A fully remote data engineering role focused on building and maintaining pipelines and platform infrastructure for an internal self-service data ingestion application. Day-to-day work involves writing Python and SQL for ETL/ELT processes, integrating Kafka event streams, contributing to data modeling in Snowflake, and implementing observability and CI/CD workflows. The role suits an engineer with around two years of experience who is comfortable working under senior guidance while taking ownership of individual pipeline components.
Mid level · 2+ years · Remote · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 9 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 5,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 3,300–8,200
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $142,568 (middle half $111,775–$173,013). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role centers on building data pipelines, ETL/ELT, and data modeling in Snowflake (pointing to 15-1243 Database Architects), but the emphasis on writing Python code, CI/CD, unit/integration testing, and software development practices also makes 15-1252 Software Developers a credible fit.
SQL is listed under Required Qualifications with firm language ('strong, demonstrated proficiency'); it is a hard gate. Python, by contrast, appears only under Preferred Qualifications despite being prominently featured in the role description — it is marked preferred accordingly.
Snowflake is listed under Required Qualifications as one of several acceptable cloud data warehouse platforms (BigQuery, Redshift, Azure Synapse, Databricks are named alternatives). It is also called out separately under Preferred as a 'core platform tool' and 'strong plus', but the hard gate is on the cloud warehouse capability generally.
GitHub Actions is listed under Required Qualifications as the named CI/CD tool; the broader CI/CD familiarity requirement is captured through this skill.
dbt appears only under Preferred Qualifications and is marked preferred, despite being described as 'a key part of our data workflow.'
The pay range ($64,890–$173,040/year) is unusually wide and likely spans multiple job grades; the actual offer will depend on experience and geography per the posting.
The degree requirement accepts 'equivalent work experience' in lieu of a formal degree, so the degree requirement is set to None.
Claude and Copilot (along with Snowflake CoCo) are listed under Preferred as AI development tools; they are grouped as a single preferred skill with Copilot as an alternative, since Snowflake CoCo is a platform-specific feature rather than a standalone tool.
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