Senior Full-Stack Engineer — Remote

Cognizant; Frankfort (KY); Remote; USD 81,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer for remote work in the United States. The role emphasizes hands-on engineering to design, build, and enhance modern applications for an insurance client, with a focus on security, reliability, and performance.

The successful candidate will work in an Agile environment with cross-functional teams, leading design discussions, CI/CD practices, and production readiness activities while translating business needs into scalable technical solutions.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of experience developing and supporting full stack applications.
• Strong hands-on experience with JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Experience with AWS cloud technologies and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions).
• Secure coding, code quality, performance optimization, and modern engineering practices.
• Excellent collaboration in an Agile delivery environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance full stack applications using modern frontend and backend technologies.
• Translate business requirements into robust technical solutions and system designs.
• Drive continuous integration and continuous delivery practices, code quality, security, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and other cross‑functional teams in an Agile environment.
• Participate in technical design discussions, code reviews, testing, and production readiness activities.
• Troubleshoot application issues and contribute to reliable, maintainable solutions.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

AWS

CI/CD

Secure coding

Code quality

Performance optimization

Agile collaboration

Tools

GitHub Actions

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer for remote work in the United States. The role emphasizes hands-on engineering to design, build, and enhance modern applications for an insurance client, with a focus on security, reliability, and performance.

The successful candidate will work in an Agile environment with cross-functional teams, leading design discussions, CI/CD practices, and production readiness activities while translating business needs into scalable technical solutions.