Senior Backend Engineer — Java/Spring (Remote, Secure APIs)

Cognizant; Nashville (TN); Remote; USD 69,000 - 114,000; 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 is seeking a Senior Backend Developer (Java/Spring) to design, build, and secure enterprise Java services, APIs, and data-driven workflows for transfer agency and fixed income processing platforms. You will collaborate with architects, analysts, QA, DevSecOps, and security teams to deliver reliable backend capabilities.

The role emphasizes secure authentication, regulatory auditability, and high-volume batch processing, with a remote US-based work model and strong growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Eight or more years of enterprise backend development experience.
• Strong expertise with Java 17 or later, Spring Boot, Spring Security, OAuth2, and REST APIs.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle SQL, Hibernate, and stored procedures.
• Experience with CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub or Bitbucket, Swagger/OpenAPI, Azure-based deployment patterns, unit testing, and API testing.
• Proficiency with JasperReports, Quartz, SOAP, Apache CXF, JMeter, Dynatrace, Log4j, and secure SDLC practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop Java and Spring-based services supporting transfer registration, shareholder and account records, fixed income events, income and principal processing, corporate action workflows, reporting, and reconciliation support.
• Design and maintain REST APIs, service orchestration, batch and scheduled processing, database interactions, data validation, exception handling, and audit logging.
• Implement secure authentication, authorization, input validation, secrets handling, encryption-aware integrations, and vulnerability remediation aligned with FedRAMP High expectations.
• Ensure transactional integrity, regulatory auditability, and resilient service design across high-volume processing workflows.
• Partner with architects, analysts, QA, DevSecOps, and security teams to deliver reliable, testable, and supportable backend capabilities.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Security

Oracle SQL

Hibernate

CI/CD

Jenkins

GitHub/Bitbucket

Swagger/OpenAPI

Azure

Unit testing

API testing

JasperReports

Quartz

SOAP

Apache CXF

JMeter

Dynatrace

Log4j

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub

Bitbucket

Swagger/OpenAPI

Azure-based deployment patterns

Unit testing

API testing

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Backend Developer (Java/Spring) to design, build, and secure enterprise Java services, APIs, and data-driven workflows for transfer agency and fixed income processing platforms. You will collaborate with architects, analysts, QA, DevSecOps, and security teams to deliver reliable backend capabilities.

The role emphasizes secure authentication, regulatory auditability, and high-volume batch processing, with a remote US-based work model and strong growth opportunities