Senior Cloud-Native Java Full-Stack Lead

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Holidays

PTO

401(k)

Disability

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Lead Java Full Stack Developer in Plano, TX to design, build, and scale API-first, cloud-native applications using Java, AWS, React, and AI-assisted technologies. You will collaborate with product, design, data, architecture, and risk stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable tech solutions.

You will work across stack with Java/Spring Boot on the back end and React/TypeScript on the front end, deploying on AWS with Docker/Kubernetes and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 3+ years designing or architecting cloud-native services on AWS.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Java 11/17/21, Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, JSON, OpenAPI, asynchronous messaging, and API integration patterns.
• Full-stack development experience with React, TypeScript/JavaScript, Node.js, and Java/Spring Boot, including scalable API and microservices development.
• Experience designing and deploying cloud-native applications on AWS using Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS, serverless technologies, Kafka, SNS/SQS, SQL, and NoSQL databases.
• Strong engineering experience with CI/CD, infrastructure as code such as Terraform or CloudFormation, automated testing, observability, performance tuning, and application security.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale cloud-native, API-first applications using Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, and event-driven architecture.
• Develop end-to-end capabilities across the technology stack using React, TypeScript/JavaScript, and Node.js on the front end and Java/Spring Boot on the back end.
• Build and operate scalable solutions on AWS using technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS, serverless computing, Kafka, SNS, and SQS.
• Integrate AI capabilities using technologies and approaches such as agentic AI, LLMs/SLMs, MCP, RAG, agent orchestration frameworks, and AI-assisted automation.
• Establish strong engineering practices across CI/CD, automated and performance testing, infrastructure as code, observability, security, and application performance.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

React

TypeScript

Node.js

CI/CD

Terraform

OpenAPI

REST APIs

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

ECS/EKS

Serverless

Kafka

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Lead Java Full Stack Developer in Plano, TX to design, build, and scale API-first, cloud-native applications using Java, AWS, React, and AI-assisted technologies. You will collaborate with product, design, data, architecture, and risk stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable tech solutions.

You will work across stack with Java/Spring Boot on the back end and React/TypeScript on the front end, deploying on AWS with Docker/Kubernetes and