Senior Java Backend Engineer (Spring) - Secure APIs, Remote

Cognizant; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 69,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Sr. Backend Developer (Java/Spring) to design, build, secure, and maintain 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. You will specialize in Java 17+, Spring Boot/Spring Security, REST APIs, and secure, scalable backend solutions for high-volume processing and regulatory compliance.

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 17+

Spring Boot

Spring Security

REST APIs

Oracle SQL

Hibernate

CI/CD

Jenkins

GitHub

Bitbucket

Swagger/OpenAPI

Azure deployment

Unit testing

JasperReports

Quartz

SOAP

Apache CXF

JMeter

Dynatrace

Log4j

Tools

JasperReports

Quartz

SOAP

Apache CXF

JMeter

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Sr. Backend Developer (Java/Spring) to design, build, secure, and maintain 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. You will specialize in Java 17+, Spring Boot/Spring Security, REST APIs, and secure, scalable backend solutions for high-volume processing and regulatory compliance.