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Senior Data Engineer
CVS Pharmacy INC · 🇺🇸 TX - Irving
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 191 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 217 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What CVS Pharmacy INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles4 certified filings for “Data Engineer” (Software Developers) in GA: $146k–$177k, median $158k. Most were filed at wage level IV (50%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 191 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 217 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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 The Senior Data Engineer will be responsible for delivering high quality modern data solutions through collaboration with our engineering, analysts, data scientist, and product teams in a fast-paced, agile environment leveraging cutting-edge technology including AI/ML and GenAI capabilities to reimagine how Healthcare is provided. You will be instrumental in designing, integrating, and implementing solutions on-premise as well as supporting migrations of existing workloads to the cloud, with a growing focus on building the data foundations (pipelines, feature stores, vector stores) that power AI-driven products. The Senior Data Engineer is expected to have extensive knowledge of modern programming languages, and experience designing and developing data solutions that increasingly support ML and generative AI use cases. Required Qualifications • 6+ years of experience working with SQL and relational database management systems • 3+ years of experience in Cloud Data Engineering Platforms such as AWS, GCP, Azure, Databricks, Snowflake etc. • Hands-on experience building and deploying Agentic AI solutions in complex cloud infrastructure environments, including orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph) and integration with LLM APIs • Experience building data pipelines to support ML/AI workloads including feature engineering, embedding generation, and integration with vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector) for retrieval augmented generation (RAG) use cases • Familiarity with MLOps/LLMOps practices, model versioning, monitoring, and data pipeline support for production ML/AI systems (e.g., Vertex AI, SageMaker, Azure ML) • Hands on experience with troubleshooting data issues • Hands on experience with various performance improvement techniques • Willingness to identify and implement process improvements, and best practices, as well as ability to take ownership to work within a fast-paced, collaborative, and team-based support environment • Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical/AI concepts for non-technical stakeholders Preferred Qualifications • Familiarity with healthcare data and healthcare insurance feeds is a plus • Exposure to prompt engineering, model evaluation frameworks, or AI governance/responsible AI practices in a regulated (e.g., healthcare) environment Education • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering Anticipated Weekly Hours 40 Time Type Full time Pay Range The typical pay range for this role is: $92,700.00 - $185,400.00 This 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 an