Engineering Lead: Delivery, Tech Leadership & Architecture

Cognizant; Mangum (NC); On-site; USD 170,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an Engineering Lead to provide technical and people leadership for our onshore engineering teams working with the client. You will collaborate with client and Cognizant leadership to set delivery strategy, ensure high quality, on-time execution, and reinforce engineering practices.

You will guide cross-functional teams, remove delivery obstacles, mentor engineers, participate in hiring, and align engineering work with client priorities while applying modern software delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information technology, or a related technical field required.
• 15+ years of engineering or software delivery experience.
• 10+ years of experience in engineering leadership, technical leadership, people leadership, or delivery leadership roles.
• Proficiency in programming languages like Java, C#.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the engineering leader, technical expert, and primary liaison between the client's engineering leadership and Cognizant engineering associates.
• Partner with the client's leadership and Cognizant internal leadership to align engineering execution with the client's strategy, priorities, standards, and delivery expectations.
• Support recruiting, onboarding, training, and retention of strong engineering talent for the client's project teams.
• Monitor individual and team performance, provide coaching and mentoring, and help develop robust team capability and people performance.
• Identify staffing, training, and skill-development needs and partner with leadership to address gaps proactively.
• Provide day-to-day leadership, guidance, and support to engineering team members, including answering questions, resolving issues, and helping teams overcome technical or delivery challenges.
• Plan, design, oversee, and support engineering initiatives to ensure work is delivered on time, with high quality, and in alignment with agreed scope and expectations.
• Design, implement, and continuously refine engineering best practices, development standards, testing practices, deployment processes, and delivery procedures.
• Review and validate the accuracy, quality, and effectiveness of work performed by Cognizant engineering staff, including the methods, tools, and practices used to complete that work.
• Act as a technical advisor and sounding board on engineering topics, including appropriate use of AI tools, architecture decisions, development approaches, and process improvements.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Scrum Masters, System Architects, engineering managers, client stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to support effective planning and delivery.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with managers, stakeholders, clients, and team members regarding status, risks, dependencies, decisions, and next steps.
• Maintain strong expertise in relevant engineering practices, technologies, platforms, and industry trends applicable to the client's work.
• Ensure engineering practices comply with applicable quality, security, safety, and governance expectations.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Delivery management

Agile / Scrum

Stakeholder management

Communication

Mentoring

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering / related field

Master's degree in engineering management / CS / MBA (preferred)

Tools

Java

C#

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an Engineering Lead to provide technical and people leadership for our onshore engineering teams working with the client. You will collaborate with client and Cognizant leadership to set delivery strategy, ensure high quality, on-time execution, and reinforce engineering practices.

You will guide cross-functional teams, remove delivery obstacles, mentor engineers, participate in hiring, and align engineering work with client priorities while applying modern software delivery