Remote .NET Full Stack Lead: AI-Driven Enterprise Apps

Cognizant; Hartford (CT); Remote; USD 50,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan and contributions

Paid holidays and PTO

Disability insurance

Paid parental leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a .NET Full Stack Lead to drive the design, development, and modernization of enterprise applications in a healthcare context. You will provide technical leadership while hands-on building and troubleshooting scalable solutions across .NET Core, REST APIs, Azure, and AI-enabled tools.

Responsibilities include leading cross-functional teams, guiding incident resolution, and implementing cloud-native architectures with microservices and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5-10 years of experience with .NET Framework/.NET Core, C#, Web APIs, HTML5, and CSS.
• 5-10 years of experience with RAG (Retrieval‑Augmented Generation), Azure OpenAI (LLMs, Embeddings, GPT models), Azure Document Intelligence, and Azure AI Search.
• Hands-on experience with .NET Core 3.1/5.0, Entity Framework, ADO.NET, C#/.NET, and RESTful APIs.
• Experience developing and supporting SOAP Web Services and Web APIs.
• Strong experience with SQL Server, SQL/T-SQL/PL-SQL, LINQ, and relational database development.
• Experience with unit testing frameworks including NUnit, MSTest, and xUnit.
• Hands-on experience with Swagger, YAML, JSON, XML/XSD, and XSLT/XPath.
• Experience using Git and software development lifecycle best practices.
• Knowledge of NLog/Log4Net and application logging frameworks.
• Exposure to Microsoft Project and Microsoft Visio is preferred.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end support and delivery of enterprise applications, APIs, integration services, and AI-enabled solutions.
• Guide troubleshooting of complex production issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Design and support cloud-native solutions leveraging Azure OpenAI, RAG, Azure AI Search, and Azure Document Intelligence.
• Mentor teams and drive high-quality delivery in Agile and operational support environments.
• Work with cloud platforms, microservices architectures, and containerization technologies such as Kubernetes/OpenShift.
• Apply unit testing and best practices, including TDD; ensure application reliability and performance.
• Support SSO integrations and secure access controls.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across business and technical teams.

Skills

Technical leadership

Analytical thinking

Troubleshooting

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Azure AI Search

Azure Document Intelligence

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Git

NUnit

MSTest

xUnit

Swagger

YAML

JSON

XML/XSD

XSLT/XPath

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a .NET Full Stack Lead to drive the design, development, and modernization of enterprise applications in a healthcare context. You will provide technical leadership while hands-on building and troubleshooting scalable solutions across .NET Core, REST APIs, Azure, and AI-enabled tools.

Responsibilities include leading cross-functional teams, guiding incident resolution, and implementing cloud-native architectures with microservices and Kubernetes.