Senior Java & Microservices Engineer (Remote)

Cognizant; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Disability Insurance

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant in the United States is seeking a Senior Java Developer to design, develop, and support scalable enterprise applications using Core Java, Python, PL/SQL, and microservices. You will collaborate with business analysts, architects, and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into secure, reliable solutions.

This remote role offers a competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities to work with modern DevOps tools, REST/SOAP APIs, and cloud-enabled services across diverse projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related field.
• 6+ years of hands-on experience in Core Java application development.
• Hands-on experience with Node.js and React.js for development.
• Strong experience with Python for backend services, automation, or API development.
• Advanced PL/SQL experience, including stored procedures, packages, triggers, query optimization, and database performance tuning.
• Experience designing and developing microservices-based applications, including REST and SOAP API development and integration.
• Experience with Git, SDLC, Agile/Scrum methodologies, unit testing, and production support.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise applications using Core Java, Python, PL/SQL, and microservices architecture.
• Develop and integrate RESTful and SOAP web services to support communication across internal and external systems.
• Design and optimize PL/SQL queries, stored procedures, functions, packages, and database solutions with a focus on performance.
• Participate in code reviews, debugging, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and production support activities.
• Support CI/CD, version control, testing, documentation, deployment, and production release activities using Git and related DevOps tools.

Skills

Core Java

Python

PL/SQL

Microservices

Git

Agile/Scrum

CI/CD

Node.js

React.js

Spring Boot

Hibernate/JPA

Docker

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

Cognizant in the United States is seeking a Senior Java Developer to design, develop, and support scalable enterprise applications using Core Java, Python, PL/SQL, and microservices. You will collaborate with business analysts, architects, and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into secure, reliable solutions.

This remote role offers a competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities to work with modern DevOps tools, REST/SOAP APIs, and cloud-enabled services across diverse projects.