Remote Senior Node.js/TypeScript Engineer — Payer APIs

Cognizant; Salem (OR); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Paid Time Off

401k Plan

Disability Insurance

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Node.js/TypeScript Engineer to design and deliver scalable, API-driven healthcare payer solutions. You will collaborate with product owners, architects, and operations teams to build secure, resilient applications.

Required: 8+ years in software engineering with REST APIs, TypeScript/Node.js, and AWS, plus strong payer domain knowledge. This is a remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with hands-on expertise developing REST API-driven applications using TypeScript and Node.js.
• Hands on experience with AWS
• Strong healthcare payer domain knowledge, including claims processing, benefit administration, coding standards, and data integrity principles.
• Experience designing scalable data models, API contracts, and integration frameworks supporting healthcare interoperability.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle practices, version control systems, and collaborative engineering methodologies.
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, cloud-based environments, and containerized application deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and enhance enterprise-grade REST API services using TypeScript and Node.js.
• Translate complex payer business requirements into scalable technical solutions and service-oriented architectures.
• Build structured data models and interface contracts that enable interoperability across healthcare and payer ecosystems.
• Implement automated testing, continuous integration practices, and quality engineering standards to ensure application stability and reliability.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues, optimize service performance, and deliver sustainable solutions that improve platform resilience.

Skills

REST API design

Node.js

TypeScript

AWS

Healthcare payer domain

Software lifecycle

Tools

Postman

Swagger/OpenAPI

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Node.js/TypeScript Engineer to design and deliver scalable, API-driven healthcare payer solutions. You will collaborate with product owners, architects, and operations teams to build secure, resilient applications.

Required: 8+ years in software engineering with REST APIs, TypeScript/Node.js, and AWS, plus strong payer domain knowledge. This is a remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States.