Senior Node.js/TypeScript Engineer — Remote (Healthcare Payer)

Cognizant; Dover; On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan and contributions

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Node.js / TypeScript Engineer to design and deliver scalable, API-driven healthcare payer solutions. You will partner with product owners, architects, and operations to build secure, resilient applications that support claims processing and interoperability.

You will lead the development of REST services using Node.js and TypeScript, implement automated testing and CI/CD, and help optimize data models and contracts for healthcare interoperability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience developing REST API-driven applications with TypeScript and Node.js.
• Hands-on experience with AWS.
• Healthcare payer domain knowledge (claims processing, coding standards, data integrity).
• Experience designing scalable data models, API contracts, and integration frameworks for interoperability.
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, cloud-based environments, and containerized deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and enhance enterprise-grade REST API services using TypeScript and Node.js.
• Translate payer business requirements into scalable technical solutions and service-oriented architectures.
• Build structured data models and interface contracts enabling interoperability across healthcare ecosystems.
• Implement automated testing, CI/CD, and quality engineering standards for stability and reliability.
• Troubleshoot production issues, optimize service performance, and improve platform resilience.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

AWS

REST APIs

CI/CD

Testing

Data modeling

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Node.js / TypeScript Engineer to design and deliver scalable, API-driven healthcare payer solutions. You will partner with product owners, architects, and operations to build secure, resilient applications that support claims processing and interoperability.

You will lead the development of REST services using Node.js and TypeScript, implement automated testing and CI/CD, and help optimize data models and contracts for healthcare interoperability.