Remote Senior Java Full-Stack Engineer (Spring Boot & AWS)

Cognizant; City of Albany (NY); Remote; USD 86,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior Java Full Stack Engineer to design and deliver cloud-based, secure applications using Java, Spring Boot, React, and AWS. You will collaborate with product owners, analysts, architects, and security teams to translate business needs into scalable solutions.

You will lead full-stack development, enforce coding standards, drive automated tests, and contribute to CI/CD on AWS while mentoring teammates and delivering high-quality product

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of software development experience with Java/J2EE.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java 8/11/17+, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, Spring Security.
• Strong experience with AWS, microservices, REST APIs/web services, and RabbitMQ.
• Full-stack development with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Experience with MongoDB and relational DBs such as Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or MySQL.
• Experience with Git-based source control, Agile/Scrum delivery, automated testing, and CI/CD on AWS.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of scalable full-stack applications using Java, Spring Boot, React, and AWS, applying cloud-native and microservices architecture patterns.
• Provide technical direction for application architecture, REST APIs, service integrations, and event-driven solutions, including messaging with RabbitMQ.
• Develop high-quality front-end and back-end components while driving coding standards, peer reviews, automated testing, and secure development practices.
• Support reliable production environments through observability, monitoring, incident response, performance optimization, and CI/CD on AWS.
• Collaborate with product owners, business analysts, architects, and cross-functional engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Skills

Java/J2EE

Full-stack development

Agile/Scrum

Peer reviews & testing

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, engineering, or related field

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Spring MVC

Spring Data JPA

Spring Security

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

HTML5

CSS3

MongoDB

Oracle

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Git

RabbitMQ

AWS

GitHub Copilot

CI/CD

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior Java Full Stack Engineer to design and deliver cloud-based, secure applications using Java, Spring Boot, React, and AWS. You will collaborate with product owners, analysts, architects, and security teams to translate business needs into scalable solutions.

You will lead full-stack development, enforce coding standards, drive automated tests, and contribute to CI/CD on AWS while mentoring teammates and delivering high-quality product