Senior .NET/AWS Backend Engineer — Remote

Cognizant; Pierre (SD); Remote; USD 120,000 - 142,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Health Insurance

Paid holidays + 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 join our team, focusing on .NET Core, Python, AWS, and SQL Server. You will design, develop, and support enterprise applications across cloud and on-premises environments while collaborating with product, QA, DevOps, and business teams to deliver high-quality technology solutions.

This role offers a remote work model with flexibility, supported by Cognizant's wellbeing programs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience using .NET Core and Microsoft technologies.
• Experience developing applications using AWS cloud services.
• Strong programming experience with Python.
• Experience working with SQL Server, including database design, query optimization, and performance tuning.
• Experience developing and supporting applications across both cloud and on-premises environments.
• Experience designing and developing scalable backend services and APIs.
• Familiarity with software development best practices, code quality standards, and application lifecycle management.
• Experience troubleshooting, debugging, and supporting production applications.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams in an Agile delivery environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain applications using .NET Core, Python, AWS, and SQL Server.
• Design and support scalable backend services and APIs.
• Build and enhance cloud-based and on-premises solutions.
• Collaborate with product, QA, DevOps, and business teams to deliver high-quality solutions. Write clean, maintainable, and secure code following engineering best practices.
• Participate in testing, deployment, and production support activities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application and database issues.
• Contribute to CI/CD, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Utilize AI-powered development tools to improve productivity and code quality.
• Support application performance, reliability, and scalability.

Skills

.NET Core

Python

AWS

SQL Server

Tools

.NET Core

Python

AWS

SQL Server

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team, focusing on .NET Core, Python, AWS, and SQL Server. You will design, develop, and support enterprise applications across cloud and on-premises environments while collaborating with product, QA, DevOps, and business teams to deliver high-quality technology solutions.

This role offers a remote work model with flexibility, supported by Cognizant's wellbeing programs.