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We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.
Position Summary:
Looking for a career that rewards you? As a Back-End Pharmacy Technician with Omnicare, you will not only find rewarding work in your community, but a team focused on providing a supportive and innovative team environment for all members.
Day In The Life:
As an Back-End Pharmacy Technician, you will work to ensure all medication needs and regulatory standards are met for our patients. You will work in various workstations allowing you to grow your skillsets further. Our back-end team focuses on order fulfillment in our closed-door pharmacy setting, including packaging and dispensing of medication, reviewing delivery orders and bins for accuracy, and coordinating stock rotations. Additional tasks and responsibilities include:
- Rotating and working in various assigned pharmacy workstations including: Packaging, Staging, Returns, Receiving, Narcotics, IV, Ekit, Compounding, Omnicell Cycle Fill, Machine Packaging
- Receiving product deliveries, pull and stage product for distribution, rotate stock, and coordinate activities with drivers to ensure shipments are accurate and deliveries are timely
- Performing physical inventories of medication
The Team:
Omnicare, a CVS Health Company, provides care to those in skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities, and chronic care settings.
Although Omnicare pharmacies are not open to the public, you’ll work amongst great colleagues in a supportive environment aligned with the company’s mission, allowing our customers to focus on giving their patients the best care.
Required Qualifications:
- Certification/licensed/registered pharmacy technician or as required by state law
- One (1) or more years of experience as a pharmacy technician or equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Additional Skills/Experience, but not Required:
- Prior experience in the long-term care industry
- Prior experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting
- PTCB National Certification
- Five (5) or more years of experience as a pharmacy technician or equivalent experience
Education:
- Verifiable High School Diploma or GED
Anticipated Weekly Hours
40Time Type
Full timePay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$16.00 - $26.21This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.
Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.
Great benefits for great people
We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.
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. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.
Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 12/31/2026
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.
Position Summary:
Looking for a career that rewards you? As a Back-End Pharmacy Technician with Omnicare, you will not only find rewarding work in your community, but a team focused on providing a supportive and innovative team environment for all members.
Day In The Life:
As an Back-End Pharmacy Technician, you will work to ensure all medication needs and regulatory standards are met for our patients. You will work in various workstations allowing you to grow your skillsets further. Our back-end team focuses on order fulfillment in our closed-door pharmacy setting, including packaging and dispensing of medication, reviewing delivery orders and bins for accuracy, and coordinating stock rotations. Additional tasks and responsibilities include:
- Rotating and working in various assigned pharmacy workstations including: Packaging, Staging, Returns, Receiving, Narcotics, IV, Ekit, Compounding, Omnicell Cycle Fill, Machine Packaging
- Receiving product deliveries, pull and stage product for distribution, rotate stock, and coordinate activities with drivers to ensure shipments are accurate and deliveries are timely
- Performing physical inventories of medication
The Team:
Omnicare, a CVS Health Company, provides care to those in skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities, and chronic care settings.
Although Omnicare pharmacies are not open to the public, you’ll work amongst great colleagues in a supportive environment aligned with the company’s mission, allowing our customers to focus on giving their patients the best care.
Required Qualifications:
- Certification/licensed/registered pharmacy technician or as required by state law
- One (1) or more years of experience as a pharmacy technician or equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Additional Skills/Experience, but not Required:
- Prior experience in the long-term care industry
- Prior experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting
- PTCB National Certification
- Five (5) or more years of experience as a pharmacy technician or equivalent experience
Education:
- Verifiable High School Diploma or GED
Anticipated Weekly Hours
40Time Type
Full timePay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$16.00 - $26.21This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.
Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.
Great benefits for great people
We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.
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. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.
Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 12/31/2026
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
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Who's Hiring
- CVS Health29
- ALTRUIST16
- Tillster11
- ASML6
- Esri5
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software12
- Insurance6
- Hospitality & Tourism3
- Sports & Recreation2
- Electronics & Hardware2
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in backend team lead jobs.
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience with at least 2 years leading a team
- Proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Java, Python, Go, or Node.js
- Experience designing and operating distributed systems or microservices at scale
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure and their managed services
- Demonstrated ability to conduct code reviews, mentor engineers, and drive technical standards
- Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases including schema design and query optimization
Tips for Your Backend Team Lead Job Search
Quantify your team impact on your resume
Backend team lead roles demand evidence of people management, not just code. List how many engineers you led, the scope of systems you owned, and delivery outcomes like latency improvements or uptime gains. Generic technical resumes get filtered out fast.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists backend team lead openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target job titles that match your actual scope
Job postings for this role vary widely: Engineering Lead, Backend Lead, and Tech Lead all describe similar positions but attract different hiring teams. Search each variant to avoid missing openings that fit your background.
Prepare a system design story for interviews
Most backend team lead interviews include a system design round where you walk through a past architecture decision. Prepare two or three examples that show your reasoning on trade-offs like consistency versus availability or build versus buy.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
When you receive an offer, clarify team size, on-call responsibilities, and architectural decision authority before accepting. These define your day-to-day experience more than base pay and are negotiable at the offer stage.
Highlight cross-functional delivery in your cover letter
Hiring managers for lead roles want to see that you work across product, infrastructure, and data teams. Name a specific project where you coordinated outside your immediate team and describe the outcome to stand out from purely technical applicants.
Backend Team Lead Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most backend team leads?
The companies hiring the most backend team leads right now include CVS Health, ALTRUIST, and Tillster, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is especially strong at companies scaling their platform or migrating from monolithic architectures to services.
How many backend team lead jobs are remote?
About 69% of backend team lead openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting strong demand for distributed engineering leadership. Roles focused on platform engineering, API development, and cloud infrastructure tend to have the highest share of remote-eligible positions compared to roles tied to on-premise or compliance-heavy environments.
How do you become a backend team lead?
Most backend team leads move into the role after demonstrating consistent senior-level delivery and informal mentorship on their current team. The clearest path is to own a significant project end-to-end, take responsibility for a junior engineer's growth, and advocate for architectural decisions in team discussions. When a formal lead opening comes up internally or externally, that experience becomes the evidence hiring managers look for.
Can you get hired as a backend team lead without prior lead experience?
Yes, especially at smaller companies or startups where the team lead role is being created for the first time. Employers in those situations prioritize strong backend fundamentals, evidence that you can run a technical project independently, and examples of mentoring peers. Framing relevant contributions from a senior individual contributor role, such as owning a service migration or onboarding new engineers, can close the experience gap in your application.
What does the backend team lead interview process look like?
Most backend team lead interview processes include a recruiter screen, a technical coding or system design round, a leadership and behavioral round, and a final conversation with an engineering manager or director. The system design round typically carries the most weight and focuses on your ability to reason through architecture decisions out loud. Some companies add a take-home design exercise or a live debugging session before the final stage.
Where can I find and apply to backend team lead jobs?
You can find and apply to backend team lead jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from companies across the United States. Search for roles that match your stack and experience level, then apply directly to each listing. New positions are added regularly, so checking back frequently gives you the best shot at catching openings before they close.
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