Lead Technology Architect - Hybrid Cloud Banking Solutions

Cognizant; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Technology Architect to lead the design and delivery of scalable, cloud-native enterprise solutions in the banking and financial services domain.

You will design and architect scalable applications using Java and modern microservices, drive API-first integrations, and lead event-driven patterns with Kafka, while collaborating with stakeholders and delivery teams. This hybrid role includes office presence in Frisco, TX, with emphasis on work-life balance and impact.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software development experience with architecture roles.
• Expertise in Java, Spring Framework, and Spring Boot for enterprise apps.
• Experience designing microservices and distributed systems with API-first approaches.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka and event-driven architectures.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and cloud-native deployment.

Responsibilities

• Architect scalable, resilient enterprise applications with microservices.
• Translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Define and manage technology roadmaps aligned with banking initiatives.
• Lead API-first architecture and secure, high-performance integrations.
• Guide real-time data processing using Kafka and event-driven patterns.

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

Apache Kafka

Kubernetes

Cloud-native

Tools

MS SQL Server

Oracle

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Technology Architect to lead the design and delivery of scalable, cloud-native enterprise solutions in the banking and financial services domain.

You will design and architect scalable applications using Java and modern microservices, drive API-first integrations, and lead event-driven patterns with Kafka, while collaborating with stakeholders and delivery teams. This hybrid role includes office presence in Frisco, TX, with emphasis on work-life balance and impact.