Cloud-Native Tech Lead: Senior Full-Stack Architect

Cognizant; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Tech Lead Senior Full Stack Engineer in Mexico City to design, build, and enhance cloud-native applications supporting R&D. You will partner with product owners, data experts, and global teams to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions that enable data-driven decisions.

The role blends full-stack development, cloud engineering, and system design with increasing ownership of architecture, engineering best practices, and technical

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree with relevant software engineering experience
• Experience building cloud-native, full-stack applications
• Strong Python/JavaScript skills and REST API design experience

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable cloud-native applications across front-end and back-end systems
• Build and enhance microservice-based architectures and distributed systems
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and system interfaces for enterprise platforms
• Implement infrastructure-as-code solutions and manage cloud environments
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and delivery
• Contribute to system architecture, technical design, and engineering standards
• Create technical documentation including LLD, ER diagrams, component/class diagrams
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Implement automated testing frameworks (unit, integration, end-to-end)
• Monitor and resolve production issues related to performance and reliability
• Ensure security/compliance/operational standards are met
• Work with product managers, data SMEs, and cross-functional teams
• Participate in Agile development processes
• Collaborate across global teams and vendors
• Integrate apps with enterprise R&D systems and data platforms
• Build data pipelines and support data ingestion/transformation/access
• Drive improvements in development processes/tools/architecture
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools
• Take end-to-end ownership of features and mentor juniors

Skills

Python

JavaScript

Full-stack development

React

AWS

Terraform

Microservices

REST APIs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree with 3+ years of experience

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

AWS

CI/CD tools

Docker

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Tech Lead Senior Full Stack Engineer in Mexico City to design, build, and enhance cloud-native applications supporting R&D. You will partner with product owners, data experts, and global teams to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions that enable data-driven decisions.

The role blends full-stack development, cloud engineering, and system design with increasing ownership of architecture, engineering best practices, and technical