Lead Director, Software Engineering
CVS Health · Harrisburg, PA
$144,200–$288,400from the description
Jul 10, 2026
Harrisburg, PA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering leadership role responsible for setting technical direction and architectural standards across a large, multi-team software organization. The work centers on driving AI and ML capabilities into production systems, overseeing platform modernization, and maintaining accountability for delivery outcomes. Suited to someone with deep hands-on distributed systems experience who has previously led sizable engineering organizations and deployed production-grade AI systems.
Principal level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584). 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 (9)
No work location or metro is specified in the posting; the CBSA is left blank. The role may be remote or hybrid but the JD does not explicitly state it is fully remote, so remote is set to false.
The title 'Lead Director of Software Engineering' is treated as Principal-level given the stated scope of 50–150+ engineers and org-wide technical authority, even though 'Lead Director' is not a standard band label.
The role sits at the boundary between a people-management role (11-3021) and a hands-on principal IC (15-1252); the JD explicitly demands both deep personal technical execution and leadership of a large multi-team org, but the primary framing is organizational leadership, so 11-3021 is the primary code with 15-1252 as the runner-up.
The degree requirement is set to None because the JD explicitly accepts 'equivalent demonstrated engineering depth through work history, open source portfolio, or verifiable technical contribution at scale' in lieu of a Bachelor's degree.
The preferred Master's degree is not a hard gate and is therefore not reflected in the degree requirement.
AI platform skills (LLMs, generative AI, RAG, vector databases, ML, model deployment pipelines, inference optimization) are listed under the Required Qualifications section with firm language ('You have deployed production AI systems') and are marked as required.
'Agentic workflows' and 'LLM orchestration' are aspects of the LLMs/generative AI requirements and are captured under those skills rather than as separate entries.
HIPAA and internal developer platforms appear under Preferred Qualifications and are marked as preferred accordingly.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): cloud-native architecture.
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