Senior Java Microservices Engineer - AWS, Remote

Cognizant; Concord (NH); Remote; USD 81,000 - 142,000; 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 Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and deliver scalable enterprise applications for healthcare payer operations. You will work with architects, product owners, and platform teams to build secure, high-performing solutions using Java, Spring Boot, Python, cloud technologies, and modern data platforms.

You will contribute to code quality, automated testing, CI/CD, and best practices while mentoring teammates and driving engineering excellence across distributed

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and REST API development.
• Hands-on Python and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and enhance scalable microservices-based applications using Java, Spring Boot, Python, and cloud-native technologies.
• Build and optimize backend services, APIs, and database solutions that support high-volume healthcare payer operations and business workflows.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements, estimate effort, and deliver high-value features through Agile development practices.
• Improve application performance, reliability, and scalability by identifying bottlenecks, implementing monitoring solutions, and resolving production issues.
• Contribute to code quality, automated testing, CI/CD practices, and engineering best practices through code reviews, documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST API development

Python

Cloud technologies

Data platforms

Agile development

SQL/NoSQL databases

CI/CD & quality

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

GitLab

CloudWatch

JUnit

Mockito

Spark

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and deliver scalable enterprise applications for healthcare payer operations. You will work with architects, product owners, and platform teams to build secure, high-performing solutions using Java, Spring Boot, Python, cloud technologies, and modern data platforms.

You will contribute to code quality, automated testing, CI/CD, and best practices while mentoring teammates and driving engineering excellence across distributed