Lead Java Full Stack Engineer (Hybrid)

About Cognizant’s Digital Engineering Practice:

At Cognizant Digital Engineering, a small cross-functional team comprised of a Product Manager, an Architect, Full-Stack Developers, UI/UX designers, and Big Data analysts builds higher quality software faster than siloed individuals working independently. Small, forward-thinking engineering teams generate collective insight and camaraderie, thus increasing their ability to anticipate unforeseen development scope changes and maintain high-quality results. Across our US Studio system or within client development sites, our Digital Engineering teams ideate and develop innovative cloud-based solutions following a Lean-Agile process with a DevOps culture. Working in Cognizant Digital Engineering provides DevOps engineers consistent opportunities to push digital boundaries while growing their exposure to transformational technologies.

The Role:

Cognizant is looking for an experienced and innovative Lead Java Full Stack Developer who will be responsible for designing and architecting high-performance Java-based enterprise systems. They work closely with business collaborators, software developers, and IT teams to create scalable, secure, and efficient solutions. This role involves defining architecture guidelines, ensuring consistency to standard methodologies, and making technology decisions to align with long-term business objectives.

Location: Plano, TX.

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship (H-1B, L-1B, L-1A, etc.)

Responsibilities:

• Proficient in Full stack Java, Java Design Patterns, ANSI SQL, Spring Boot, Kafka, Microservices, AWS Cloud, React JS, REST Web Services.
• Design and transform the solution architectures into application capabilities.
• Good to have exposure to Banking Intelligence but not mandatory.
• Participate in client meetings to understand and prioritize the business requirements. Focus on the business domain using domain-driven design.
• Create high-level design documents like application horizons, use cases, activity diagrams, data maps, schema designs, database designs, etc.
• Lead the project technicalities with Microservices Architecture on Cloud and on-premises.
• Implement quality gates, including secure coding, code coverage, and code format templates.
• Establish code branching, code merging, and code commit policies.
• Mentor and guide peers to achieve the deliverables.
• Orchestrate the deliverable deployments and release notes.

Perform root cause analysis with the help of application monitoring and log analysis, addressing critical production issues post-production.

Required Qualifications:

• Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, Microservices REST.
• AWS Cloud.
• UI, React JS, CSS, HTML.
• SQL, Oracle DB.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance.
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off.
• 401(k) plan and contributions.
• Long-term/Short-term Disability.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Applications will be accepted until: April 15, 2025.

The annual salary for this position is between $81,337–$141,500 depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Why Choose Cognizant?

Our associates enjoy robust benefits and training opportunities from our industry-recognized, award-winning Academy team. You will have access to hundreds of technical trainings to keep your abilities fresh and have opportunities to acquire certifications on the latest technologies.

Everything we do at Cognizant we do with passion—for our clients, our communities, and our organization. It’s the defining attribute that we look for in our people.

If you are comfortable with ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to crafting a diverse environment. Cognizant considers all applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital and family status, disabilities, sexual orientation or preference, veteran status, or any other classification protected by state, federal, or local law.

About Cognizant:

Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant leverages a highly flexible business model, a flawless global delivery network, and deep domain expertise to deliver to a long list of world-class companies that are leaders in their own space.