Principal Software Engineer at CVS Health
Work At Home, WA
$144,200–$288,400from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Work At Home, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual contributor and technical leader role focused on defining mobile architecture strategy and driving enterprise-wide engineering standards across iOS (Swift/SwiftUI) and Android (Kotlin) platforms. The position splits time between hands-on architectural work, long-term technical roadmapping, mentoring senior engineers, and leading high-priority programs end to end. Candidates with 10+ years of experience spanning mobile architecture, CI/CD, and emerging AI/ML technologies are the target profile.
Senior level · 10+ years · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 11 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1 people in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (mobile application developers). range 1–2
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $133,564 (middle half $104,192–$163,048). 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)
The role is titled 'Principal Software Engineer' but the actual scope — 40% architecting, 10% strategy/roadmap, 40% technical program leadership, 5% process development — is closer to a Senior-level hands-on architect/tech lead than a true org-wide Principal. The advertised seniority reflects the title; the assessed seniority reflects the requirements and scope.
Location is not explicitly stated in the posting; CVS Health Digital is headquartered in Woonsocket, RI (Providence-Warwick CBSA). The role may be hybrid or remote — the JD does not specify — so remote is set to false as a conservative default.
The 7+ years requirement covers Java, Swift, SwiftUI, and Kotlin collectively as a group ('the following languages'), not individually per language.
TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Scikit-learn are listed together as examples of AI/ML frameworks under the required qualifications; TensorFlow is used as the primary with the others as alternatives.
JavaScript, AngularJS, Node.js, Angular, and Oracle appear only in the Preferred Qualifications section or as incidental stack references (CI/CD pipeline mention of Angular/Java/Oracle).
AI evaluation tooling (LangSmith, Braintrust, Promptfoo) and AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) are listed under Preferred Qualifications.
The degree requirement accepts a HS diploma plus 4 years of relevant experience as equivalent to a Bachelor's, so no formal degree is hard-gated.
The runner-up SOC (11-3021) reflects the significant architectural governance, roadmap ownership, and cross-departmental influence described; however, the role explicitly emphasizes remaining hands-on, so 15-1252 is the primary classification.
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