Lead Full Stack Engineer – AI-Assisted Development

Cognizant; West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 102,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in the United States is seeking a Lead Full Stack Engineer to design, build, and deliver scalable, secure software addressing complex business needs. You’ll work in an agile team with product managers, security, risk, and platform partners to drive meaningful outcomes.

Role emphasizes full-stack delivery across services, data, and UI, with emphasis on automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and strong collaboration. Remote work in West Palm Beach, FL is supported.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of experience designing, developing, supporting, and deploying modern enterprise-grade software systems.
• Hands-on full-stack engineering experience across services, data, APIs, and user interfaces.
• Experience with technologies such as Python, Vue.js, AWS or Google Cloud Platform, Terraform, APIs, and cloud-native architecture patterns.
• Demonstrated experience building reliable, secure, and maintainable systems using testing, CI/CD, DevSecOps, observability, and production support practices.
• Ability to work directly with business stakeholders, build trust, communicate technical concepts clearly, and operate with autonomy in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Translate ambiguous business challenges into clean, scalable, and secure software architectures while anticipating technical risks, edge cases, and long-term maintainability.
• Own full-stack feature delivery across services, data, and user interfaces, making pragmatic technology decisions that balance speed, quality, and business value.
• Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly throughout the software development lifecycle to improve engineering productivity while maintaining accountability for code quality, correctness, and security.
• Build production-ready systems with strong testing, CI/CD practices, observability, alerting, runbooks, and recovery paths to support reliability and operational readiness.
• Partner closely with product, business, security, compliance, risk, and platform stakeholders to communicate technical trade-offs clearly and deliver meaningful business outcomes.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

APIs and data

Python

Vue.js

AWS / GCP

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Python

Vue.js

AWS

Google Cloud Platform

Terraform

APIs

Job description

About the role

As a Lead Full Stack Engineer, you will make an impact by designing, building, and delivering scalable, secure, customer-focused software solutions that translate complex business needs into high-performing technology outcomes. You will be a valued member of an agile engineering team and work collaboratively with product managers, business stakeholders, security, risk, compliance, platform teams, and other technical experts.

In this role, you will:

• Translate ambiguous business challenges into clean, scalable, and secure software architectures while anticipating technical risks, edge cases, and long-term maintainability.


• Own full-stack feature delivery across services, data, and user interfaces, making pragmatic technology decisions that balance speed, quality, and business value.


• Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly throughout the software development lifecycle to improve engineering productivity while maintaining accountability for code quality, correctness, and security.


• Build production-ready systems with strong testing, CI/CD practices, observability, alerting, runbooks, and recovery paths to support reliability and operational readiness.


• Partner closely with product, business, security, compliance, risk, and platform stakeholders to communicate technical trade-offs clearly and deliver meaningful business outcomes.

Work model:

Remote

We believe remote work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position in West Palm Beach, FL. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

Please note: A few of our roles may require in-person interviews at Cognizant offices or client locations, depending on project or client needs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

What you need to have to be considered:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.


• 12+ years of experience designing, developing, supporting, and deploying modern enterprise-grade software systems.


• Hands-on full-stack engineering experience across services, data, APIs, and user interfaces.


• Experience with technologies such as Python, Vue.js, AWS or Google Cloud Platform, Terraform, APIs, and cloud-native architecture patterns.


• Demonstrated experience building reliable, secure, and maintainable systems using testing, CI/CD, DevSecOps, observability, and production support practices.


• Ability to work directly with business stakeholders, build trust, communicate technical concepts clearly, and operate with autonomy in fast-paced environments.

*Please note, this role cannot offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*

These will help you stand out:

• Experience using agentic AI tools to improve development workflows, accelerate prototyping, and strengthen engineering feedback loops.


• Experience designing quality gates, specification-driven development workflows, automated checks, and engineering standards that improve team output.


• Ability to rapidly prototype solutions with stakeholders to validate ideas and accelerate feedback.


• Strong product intuition and business acumen, with the ability to connect technical decisions to customer and business outcomes.


• Experience collaborating across security, risk, compliance, platform, product, and business teams to deliver secure and scalable solutions.

Salary and compensation:

The annual salary for this position will be between $102,000 to $160,000 per year depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Applications will be received by August 31st, 2026.

Benefits:

Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance.


• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off.


• 401(k) plan and contributions.


• Long-term/Short-term Disability.


• Paid Parental Leave.


• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Disclaimer:

The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.