Hybrid Full-Stack Tech Lead - Python & React

Cognizant; Eden Prairie (MN); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Full Stack Technical Lead in Eden Prairie, MN to design, build, and deliver scalable web applications using Python and React. You will lead API and microservice development with FastAPI/Flask and craft responsive frontends with React, TypeScript, Redux Toolkit, and hooks.

You will drive engineering best practices, mentor teams, and ensure security, performance, and cloud readiness across projects.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience designing and developing enterprise applications using Python and React.
• Strong hands-on expertise with FastAPI, Flask, asynchronous programming (AsyncIO), REST APIs, and microservices architecture.
• Proven experience with object-oriented programming, design patterns, multithreading, concurrency, and backend performance optimization.
• Experience implementing secure authentication and authorization mechanisms, including OAuth2, JWT, and Single Sign-On (SSO).
• Strong knowledge of React JS, TypeScript, Redux Toolkit, React Hooks, and frontend application architecture.
• Experience working with MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, database design, and query optimization.
• Hands-on experience with cloud and DevOps technologies, including Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions.
• Experience building automated testing frameworks using PyTest, UnitTest, or similar testing tools.
• Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to lead technical discussions and mentor engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable full-stack applications using Python and React technologies.
• Architect and build high-performance APIs and microservices using FastAPI, Flask, and modern Python development practices.
• Develop responsive, reusable, and user-centric interfaces using React, TypeScript, Redux Toolkit, and modern frontend frameworks.
• Drive technical design discussions, establish engineering best practices, and provide guidance to development teams.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure application scalability, security, performance, automation, and cloud readiness.

Skills

Python

React

FastAPI

Flask

AsyncIO

REST APIs

Microservices

OAuth2

JWT

SSO

TypeScript

Redux Toolkit

React Hooks

MySQL

MongoDB

Redis

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

PyTest

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Full Stack Technical Lead in Eden Prairie, MN to design, build, and deliver scalable web applications using Python and React. You will lead API and microservice development with FastAPI/Flask and craft responsive frontends with React, TypeScript, Redux Toolkit, and hooks.

You will drive engineering best practices, mentor teams, and ensure security, performance, and cloud readiness across projects.