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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.
Overview
We are seeking a hands-on Senior Software Automation Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable test automation solutions across web applications, APIs, and cloud-native platforms.
This role will focus on creating reliable automation frameworks, improving test coverage, integrating quality gates into CI/CD pipelines, and enabling faster, higher-confidence releases. The ideal candidate combines strong technical automation skills with a solid understanding of software quality engineering principles and collaborative ways of working.
This is a highly technical role requiring expertise in modern UI and API automation, cloud environments, and continuous testing practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable UI and API automation frameworks
- Create automated test suites using Playwright, Python, and PyTest
- Develop and execute API automation tests for RESTful services
- Build reusable test utilities, libraries, and reporting capabilities
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools
- Partner closely with developers, product managers, and QE teams to define quality strategies and test coverage
- Perform root-cause analysis of failures and drive defect prevention
- Support test execution in AWS-hosted environments
- Validate application functionality, integrations, and end-to-end workflows
- Participate in requirements reviews, design discussions, and sprint activities
- Continuously improve automation reliability, maintainability, and execution efficiency
- Contribute to quality metrics, reporting, and release readiness assessments
- Promote quality engineering best practices across teams
Required Qualifications
- 3-5 years of experience in software quality engineering or test automation
- Strong hands-on experience with Python
- Strong experience with Playwright for UI automation
- Experience using PyTest and automation framework development
- Strong understanding of API testing and REST services
- Experience with tools such as Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, or equivalent
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar automation platforms
- Working knowledge of AWS services and cloud-hosted applications
- Experience with test reporting and debugging production-quality systems
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, product, and QE teams
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in healthcare, insurance, or regulated environments
- Experience validating distributed systems and microservices architectures
- Familiarity with contract testing and service virtualization
- Exposure to performance or reliability testing
- Experience with container technologies such as Docker
- Familiarity with log analysis and monitoring tools such as Splunk, Datadog, Grafana, or CloudWatch
- Experience working with test data management and environment management
- Knowledge of AI-assisted testing tools and modern QE practices
Education
Bachelor's degree preferred/specialized training/relevant professional qualification.
Technical Skills
Automation & Testing
- Playwright
- Python
- PyTest
- API Testing
- REST Services
- Test Framework Development
CI/CD & DevOps
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
- Git
- Continuous Testing
- Release Validation
Cloud & Infrastructure
- CloudWatch
- AWS
- Basic troubleshooting and operational support
- Environment configuration and deployment validation
Quality Engineering
- Risk-Based Testing
- Test Strategy
- Root Cause Analysis
- Defect Prevention
- Test Reporting and Metrics
What Success Looks Like
- Automated quality gates integrated into delivery pipelines
- Reliable automation coverage for critical UI and API workflows
- Faster feedback cycles and reduced manual validation effort
- Improved release confidence and production quality
- Close partnership with engineering and product teams to build quality into the development lifecycle
Anticipated Weekly Hours
40Time Type
Full timePay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$83,430.00 - $203,940.00This 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. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.
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: 10/30/2026
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.
Overview
We are seeking a hands-on Senior Software Automation Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable test automation solutions across web applications, APIs, and cloud-native platforms.
This role will focus on creating reliable automation frameworks, improving test coverage, integrating quality gates into CI/CD pipelines, and enabling faster, higher-confidence releases. The ideal candidate combines strong technical automation skills with a solid understanding of software quality engineering principles and collaborative ways of working.
This is a highly technical role requiring expertise in modern UI and API automation, cloud environments, and continuous testing practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable UI and API automation frameworks
- Create automated test suites using Playwright, Python, and PyTest
- Develop and execute API automation tests for RESTful services
- Build reusable test utilities, libraries, and reporting capabilities
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools
- Partner closely with developers, product managers, and QE teams to define quality strategies and test coverage
- Perform root-cause analysis of failures and drive defect prevention
- Support test execution in AWS-hosted environments
- Validate application functionality, integrations, and end-to-end workflows
- Participate in requirements reviews, design discussions, and sprint activities
- Continuously improve automation reliability, maintainability, and execution efficiency
- Contribute to quality metrics, reporting, and release readiness assessments
- Promote quality engineering best practices across teams
Required Qualifications
- 3-5 years of experience in software quality engineering or test automation
- Strong hands-on experience with Python
- Strong experience with Playwright for UI automation
- Experience using PyTest and automation framework development
- Strong understanding of API testing and REST services
- Experience with tools such as Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, or equivalent
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar automation platforms
- Working knowledge of AWS services and cloud-hosted applications
- Experience with test reporting and debugging production-quality systems
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, product, and QE teams
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in healthcare, insurance, or regulated environments
- Experience validating distributed systems and microservices architectures
- Familiarity with contract testing and service virtualization
- Exposure to performance or reliability testing
- Experience with container technologies such as Docker
- Familiarity with log analysis and monitoring tools such as Splunk, Datadog, Grafana, or CloudWatch
- Experience working with test data management and environment management
- Knowledge of AI-assisted testing tools and modern QE practices
Education
Bachelor's degree preferred/specialized training/relevant professional qualification.
Technical Skills
Automation & Testing
- Playwright
- Python
- PyTest
- API Testing
- REST Services
- Test Framework Development
CI/CD & DevOps
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
- Git
- Continuous Testing
- Release Validation
Cloud & Infrastructure
- CloudWatch
- AWS
- Basic troubleshooting and operational support
- Environment configuration and deployment validation
Quality Engineering
- Risk-Based Testing
- Test Strategy
- Root Cause Analysis
- Defect Prevention
- Test Reporting and Metrics
What Success Looks Like
- Automated quality gates integrated into delivery pipelines
- Reliable automation coverage for critical UI and API workflows
- Faster feedback cycles and reduced manual validation effort
- Improved release confidence and production quality
- Close partnership with engineering and product teams to build quality into the development lifecycle
Anticipated Weekly Hours
40Time Type
Full timePay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$83,430.00 - $203,940.00This 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. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.
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: 10/30/2026
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 Health225
- Google153
- JPMorganChase116
- NVIDIA76
- Amazon65
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- Insurance134
- Technology & Software124
- Electronics & Hardware15
- Automotive11
- Law & Legal Services11
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in senior software developer jobs.
- 5 or more years of professional software development experience in production environments
- Proficiency in at least one of Python, Java, Go, or TypeScript at production scale
- Experience designing and deploying systems on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Ability to lead code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and set technical standards
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containerization tools like Docker, and Kubernetes orchestration
Tips for Your Senior Software Developer Job Search
Tailor your resume to system design
Senior software developer roles weight architecture decisions heavily. Rewrite your bullet points to show scope: services you designed, request volume they handled, and the tradeoffs you made. Generic feature delivery bullets won't differentiate you at this level.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists senior software developer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Surface cross-functional impact on your resume
Hiring managers at senior levels want to see that you influenced product direction, unblocked other teams, or improved engineering culture. Add one bullet per role that shows you operated beyond your immediate squad.
Filter openings by tech stack before applying
A strong React background won't offset a job description built around Go and Kubernetes. Read the stack requirements carefully and prioritize applications where you have direct, recent experience in the core technologies, not just adjacent ones.
Prepare a system design answer before interviews
Most senior software developer interviews include at least one open-ended design round. Practice scoping a distributed system out loud: state your assumptions, choose data stores with justification, and address failure modes before the interviewer asks about them.
Negotiate the full offer, not just base pay
Equity vesting schedules, signing bonuses, and remote stipends vary widely at the senior level. Before you accept, compare the total package across your offers and ask specifically about refresh grants and performance review cycles.
Senior Software Developer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most senior software developers?
The companies hiring the most senior software developers right now include CVS Health, Google, and JPMorganChase, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and Washington, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Demand is especially concentrated in cloud, fintech, and enterprise software product companies.
How many senior software developer jobs are remote?
About 75% of senior software developer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of September 2026, making it one of the more remote-accessible roles in the technology sector. Backend, platform, and infrastructure roles tend to have the highest share of fully remote options, while roles requiring hardware integration or on-site security compliance skew more toward in-person or hybrid arrangements.
How do you become a senior software developer?
You typically reach the senior level by building a consistent record of delivering complex features independently, taking ownership of architectural decisions, and mentoring other engineers. Most developers get there by deepening expertise in a primary stack, contributing to cross-functional projects, and actively seeking feedback on system design. Demonstrating leadership in code reviews and on-call rotations also accelerates the transition.
Can you get hired as a senior software developer with limited senior-level experience?
Some employers will consider candidates who have strong technical depth but fewer years in a formally titled senior role, particularly at startups or in high-demand specializations like distributed systems or machine learning infrastructure. The most effective approach is to document the scope and complexity of your past projects clearly, show evidence of mentoring or technical leadership, and target companies whose engineering culture values output over tenure.
What does the senior software developer interview process look like?
Most senior software developer interview processes include an initial recruiter or hiring manager screen, one or two technical rounds covering algorithms and data structures, at least one open-ended system design session, and a behavioral round focused on leadership and cross-functional collaboration. Some companies also include a take-home coding exercise or a presentation of past architecture work before an offer is extended.
Where can I find and apply to senior software developer jobs?
You can find and apply to senior software developer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States in one place. Search for roles that match your stack and experience level, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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