Senior Backend Engineer (Java/Kotlin) - Remote

Cognizant; Helena (MT); Remote; USD 63,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer (Java/Kotlin) to design, build, and support scalable backend platforms and APIs powering critical business applications. You will collaborate with engineering, product, security, and partner teams to deliver secure, high-performing cloud-native solutions while advising on integrations.

This role emphasizes strong Java/Kotlin expertise, API security, and scalable architecture, with opportunities across REST, GraphQL, and OAuth-based systems.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with strong expertise in Java and/or Kotlin development.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and microservices using Java and/or Kotlin.
• Serve as a technical consultant to internal and external stakeholders, providing guidance on API capabilities and integration best practices.
• Collaborate with partner teams to onboard, troubleshoot, and resolve integration challenges involving REST APIs, GraphQL services, and OAuth-based authentication.
• Gather and analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into secure, scalable technology solutions.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, integration guides, and sample applications to support developers and partners.
• Enhance application performance, reliability, monitoring, and observability in cloud-native environments.
• Implement and support automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment processes.
• Partner with product, engineering, and security teams to ensure solutions meet compliance, security, and operational standards.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues within distributed systems and microservice architectures.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, driving engineering excellence and operational efficiency.

Skills

8+ years experience

REST APIs

GraphQL

Spring Boot

OAuth 2.0

Cloud (AWS/GCP)

Containers (Docker)

Kubernetes

CI/CD

JUnit/Mockito

Distributed systems

Troubleshooting

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Git

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer (Java/Kotlin) to design, build, and support scalable backend platforms and APIs powering critical business applications. You will collaborate with engineering, product, security, and partner teams to deliver secure, high-performing cloud-native solutions while advising on integrations.

This role emphasizes strong Java/Kotlin expertise, API security, and scalable architecture, with opportunities across REST, GraphQL, and OAuth-based systems.