Senior Java Full-Stack Lead - Hybrid, Cloud & Microservices

Cognizant; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 68,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays

401(k) plan

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant in Irving, TX is seeking a Lead Java Full Stack Engineer for a hybrid role combining hands-on development with modern cloud and DevOps practices. You will work on Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and APIs in a collaborative Agile environment.

The role requires 10+ years of full stack Java experience, strong API design (GraphQL/REST), containerized apps, and cloud familiarity (Azure or AWS). Expect CI/CD with Jenkins/Git, and a path toward impactful architecture within Cognizant's

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience as a full stack Java developer with Java, Spring Boot, and SQL.
• At least 5 years of developing APIs with GraphQL or REST.
• Experience with Spring Framework (Spring Boot/Spring Batch/Spring Cloud).
• Designing and implementing microservices end to end.
• Strong understanding of containerized applications.
• DevOps tooling experience (Jenkins/Git/Rancher).
• Experience with unit testing frameworks (Mockito/JUnit).
• Integration experience with Ping Federation & Apigee.
• Cloud experience in Azure is a plus.
• Experience with SQL Server or Cassandra is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on development of Stories assigned using Java / Spring Boot.
• Unit and integration testing using JUnit.
• Familiar with DevOps tools and CI/CD processes.
• Experience in Agile methodology.
• Git with Branch and Release Management.
• Familiar with Azure or AWS Cloud Platform.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

SQL

APIs: GraphQL/REST

Spring Framework

Microservices

Containers

Jenkins

Git

Rancher

Mockito/JUnit

APIs integration with Ping Federation/

Azure

Tools

Jenkins

Git

Rancher

Job description

Cognizant in Irving, TX is seeking a Lead Java Full Stack Engineer for a hybrid role combining hands-on development with modern cloud and DevOps practices. You will work on Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and APIs in a collaborative Agile environment.

The role requires 10+ years of full stack Java experience, strong API design (GraphQL/REST), containerized apps, and cloud familiarity (Azure or AWS). Expect CI/CD with Jenkins/Git, and a path toward impactful architecture within Cognizant's