Remote Lead Full-Stack .NET/Azure Engineer — AI Tools

Cognizant; Frankfort (KY); Remote; USD 75,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays

Paid Time Off

401(k) plan

Disability Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Full Stack Lead Developer to design, develop, and support scalable, secure, and high-performing applications while partnering with client stakeholders to deliver high-quality technical solutions.

This remote position in the United States emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams, modern Microsoft technologies, AI-assisted tooling, and robust CI/CD pipelines in Azure.

Qualifications

• Strong expertise as a Full Stack Developer in Microsoft technologies (.NET, Azure, SQL) and modern UI frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with Azure PaaS services.
• Experience with CI/CD tools, including GitHub and GitHub Actions.
• Experience with containerization using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted coding tools such as GitHub Copilot to improve development productivity.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business stakeholders and clients to understand requirements and propose effective technical solutions, guiding technical design and advancements.
• Design, develop, and maintain full-stack applications using modern Microsoft technologies.
• Utilize AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to accelerate coding, testing, and troubleshooting, and implement basic AI-driven features such as chat-based interfaces or lightweight automation agents.
• Build and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing applications.
• Create and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments and monitor Azure infrastructure (CPU, memory, logs) to optimize performance.

Skills

Full stack development

Microsoft technologies

Azure

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Copilot

Tools

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Full Stack Lead Developer to design, develop, and support scalable, secure, and high-performing applications while partnering with client stakeholders to deliver high-quality technical solutions.

This remote position in the United States emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams, modern Microsoft technologies, AI-assisted tooling, and robust CI/CD pipelines in Azure.