Senior Java/AWS Full-Stack Engineer — Remote

Cognizant; Cheyenne (WY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Holidays PTO

401(k) Plan

Disability Insurance

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to design, develop, and support cloud-native applications using Java, Spring Boot, AWS, and Kubernetes. You will build microservices and RESTful APIs, collaborating with architects, product owners, and teams to deliver scalable solutions.

Based in the United States with East Coast hours, you will participate in Agile practices, CI/CD, and incident response, ensuring performance, security, and reliability.

Qualifications

• Extensive professional experience developing enterprise applications using Java (8/11/17+).
• Strong hands-on experience with Spring Framework and Spring Boot, including RESTful services, dependency injection, and microservices development.
• Experience building cloud-native applications on AWS, including services such as DynamoDB, S3, IAM, and Serverless technologies.
• Strong understanding of AWS Kubernetes (K8s) cloud technologies and event-driven architecture patterns.
• Experience developing and maintaining Spring Batch applications for large-scale batch processing.
• Experience building and consuming APIs using REST, JSON, and OpenAPI specifications.
• Strong knowledge of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) and cloud security best practices.
• Experience with application monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog.
• Strong experience with non-relational databases, particularly DynamoDB.
• Experience with Git/GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and GitHub Actions.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex production issues.
• Strong understanding of software development best practices, application performance, and scalability considerations.
• These will help you stand out:
• Experience with relational databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, or MySQL.
• Hibernate/JPA.
• Experience implementing automated testing strategies within CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working with large-scale distributed systems and high-availability applications.
• Experience designing and implementing event-driven architectures in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support cloud-native applications using Java, Spring Boot, AWS, and Kubernetes technologies.
• Build and maintain scalable microservices, serverless applications, and event-driven architectures.
• Develop batch processing solutions using Spring Batch to support large-scale data processing requirements.
• Create and consume RESTful APIs while ensuring performance, security, scalability, and reliability standards are met.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues through monitoring, observability, and root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams using Agile methodologies and CI/CD best practices to deliver high-quality software solutions.

Skills

Java (8/11/17+)

Spring Framework & Spring Boot

AWS

Kubernetes

Spring Batch

RESTful APIs

OpenAPI specifications

Datadog

DynamoDB

Git/GitHub

CI/CD pipelines

Automated testing

GitHub Actions

Tools

Hibernate/JPA

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to design, develop, and support cloud-native applications using Java, Spring Boot, AWS, and Kubernetes. You will build microservices and RESTful APIs, collaborating with architects, product owners, and teams to deliver scalable solutions.

Based in the United States with East Coast hours, you will participate in Agile practices, CI/CD, and incident response, ensuring performance, security, and reliability.