Senior Java Full-Stack Engineer (Hybrid)

Cognizant; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 68,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental & Vision

Parental Leave

Disability Coverage

401(k) Plan

Holidays & PTO

Employee Stock Purchase

EAP

Wellbeing Programs

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer to design, build, and deliver scalable enterprise applications. You will work with Java 17+, Spring Boot, Angular 17+/19+, and modern TypeScript, driving architecture decisions and modernization efforts.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, implement REST and SOAP APIs, leverage Kafka, Docker, CI/CD, and cloud-ready patterns to ensure high performance and reliable solutions for critical business operations.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience developing enterprise applications with Java 17+.
• Strong hands-on experience with Spring Boot, Microservices, REST API development, JPA, and Hibernate.
• Experience developing modern front-end applications using Angular 17+/19+ and TypeScript.
• Deep understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and scalable application design.
• Strong database experience including Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, database design, query optimization, performance tuning.
• Experience with Kafka, MQ, and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with Docker, Git, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with Camunda workflow orchestration.
• Experience building and consuming REST and SOAP APIs.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications using Java 17+, Spring Boot, and modern software engineering practices.
• Build and support secure, reliable, and high-performing RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Develop and enhance user interfaces using Angular 17+/19+ and modern TypeScript frameworks.
• Design and implement data persistence solutions using JPA/Hibernate with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Implement event-driven architectures and messaging solutions using Kafka and enterprise messaging technologies.
• Containerize applications with Docker and support CI/CD-driven deployment processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless front-end and back-end integration.
• Contribute to solution architecture, technical design decisions, AI-enabled development initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts.

Skills

Java 17+

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST API development

JPA/Hibernate

Angular 17+/19+

TypeScript

Kafka

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Git

GitHub Actions

Camunda

SOAP APIs

REST APIs

Tools

Docker

Git

GitHub Actions

Camunda

Kafka

Oracle

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer to design, build, and deliver scalable enterprise applications. You will work with Java 17+, Spring Boot, Angular 17+/19+, and modern TypeScript, driving architecture decisions and modernization efforts.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, implement REST and SOAP APIs, leverage Kafka, Docker, CI/CD, and cloud-ready patterns to ensure high performance and reliable solutions for critical business operations.