Remote Lead Full-Stack Engineer — Enterprise-Scale & AI

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

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.