Cloud-Native Java Tech Lead — AWS & Microservices

Cognizant; Williston (VT); Remote; USD 89,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Technical Lead to design, develop, and support scalable cloud-based applications for our insurance client. You will collaborate with technical teams, delivery stakeholders, and client partners to build reliable, high-performing solutions using modern cloud and application development practices.

This remote role offers flexibility with the possibility of in-person interviews where needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ Professional experience developing applications in Java, including Java 8, Java 11, or Java 17.
• Hands-on experience with Spring or Spring Boot, including RESTful services and dependency injection.
• Experience developing APIs using Node.js and TypeScript or JavaScript.
• Strong experience with AWS services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, Step Functions, S3, DocumentDB, and Identity and Access Management.
• Experience building and consuming APIs using REST, JSON, and OpenAPI.
• Strong understanding of non-relational databases, especially DynamoDB and DocumentDB.
• Experience with application observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of cloud-native applications using Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS services.
• Build and support APIs and integrations using REST, JSON, OpenAPI, and modern service-oriented development practices.
• Apply strong knowledge of serverless, microservices, and event-driven architecture patterns to deliver scalable and maintainable solutions.
• Support performance tuning, concurrency, multithreaded programming, and troubleshooting for complex application and production issues.
• Contribute to continuous integration and delivery practices using Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions, automated testing, and related DevOps tools.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

AWS

TypeScript/JavaScript

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

OpenAPI

Git/GitHub

Datadog

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Technical Lead to design, develop, and support scalable cloud-based applications for our insurance client. You will collaborate with technical teams, delivery stakeholders, and client partners to build reliable, high-performing solutions using modern cloud and application development practices.

This remote role offers flexibility with the possibility of in-person interviews where needed.