Senior Java/Spring Backend Engineer - Secure APIs

Cognizant; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 69,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan and contributions

Paid holidays and PTO

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Sr. Backend Developer (Java/Spring) to design, build, secure, and maintain enterprise Java services for transfer agency and fixed income processing platforms. You will work with architects, analysts, QA, DevSecOps, and security teams to deliver reliable backend capabilities.

The role emphasizes secure authentication, data integrity, and high-volume processing with FedRAMP-like expectations, in a remote US-based setup with a flexible work model.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years of enterprise backend development experience.
• Strong Java 17+ and Spring Boot/Spring Security expertise.
• Experience with Oracle SQL, Hibernate, and API testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop Java/Spring services for transfer agency and fixed income processing.
• Design and maintain REST APIs, batch processing, and data validation.
• Ensure secure, auditable, and high-volume capable backend systems.
• Collaborate with architects, QA, DevSecOps, and security teams.

Skills

Enterprise backend

Java 17+

Spring Boot

REST APIs

CI/CD

Tools

Oracle SQL

Hibernate

Jenkins

GitHub

Swagger/OpenAPI

Azure

JUnit

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Sr. Backend Developer (Java/Spring) to design, build, secure, and maintain enterprise Java services for transfer agency and fixed income processing platforms. You will work with architects, analysts, QA, DevSecOps, and security teams to deliver reliable backend capabilities.

The role emphasizes secure authentication, data integrity, and high-volume processing with FedRAMP-like expectations, in a remote US-based setup with a flexible work model.