Remote .NET Full Stack Lead — Azure AI & Microservices

Cognizant; Juneau (AK); Remote; USD 50,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a highly skilled .NET Full Stack Lead to drive the design, development, and modernization of enterprise applications in a healthcare setting. The role emphasizes leadership while remaining hands-on with .NET, Azure OpenAI, RAG, and APIs.

You will partner with stakeholders across architecture, development, and operations to ensure reliability, performance, and world-class delivery, leveraging Angular, RESTful services, and cloud-native patterns in a fast-paced environment.

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

• As a technical lead, guide end-to-end delivery of enterprise applications, APIs, integration services, and AI-enabled solutions.
• Lead troubleshooting for complex production issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Help design, develop, and implement best practices across software engineering and operations.
• Architect and support cloud-native solutions leveraging Azure OpenAI, RAG, Azure AI Search, and microservices.

Skills

NET Core

C#

RESTful APIs

Azure

SQL Server

Microservices

AI-powered solutions

Web APIs

JavaScript/Angular

Unit testing (NUnit/MSTest/xUnit)

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Git

Swagger

YAML

JSON

XML/XSD

XSLT/XPath

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a highly skilled .NET Full Stack Lead to drive the design, development, and modernization of enterprise applications in a healthcare setting. The role emphasizes leadership while remaining hands-on with .NET, Azure OpenAI, RAG, and APIs.

You will partner with stakeholders across architecture, development, and operations to ensure reliability, performance, and world-class delivery, leveraging Angular, RESTful services, and cloud-native patterns in a fast-paced environment.