Senior Node.js API Platform Engineer

Cognizant; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Sr NodeJS Developer to design, build, and support the API platform powering client digital experiences. You will be a technical authority across the full SDLC and collaborate with Enterprise teams using our API gateway and frameworks.

You'll develop Node.js-based applications and tooling, implement comprehensive unit tests, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, Terraform, and cloud services. Hybrid role based in Charlotte, NC.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of software development with Node.js/JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience writing comprehensive unit tests (Jest/Mocha/Chai).
• Public cloud experience (AWS); REST/microservices with versioning and auth.
• DevOps toolchains: GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, Git-based workflows.
• Strong software architecture, reliability, performance, observability.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical authority across all phases of software development for the API platform.
• Develop applications, frameworks, and tools to boost productivity and SDLC.
• Build Node.js applications with comprehensive unit tests and CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with platform teams to adopt API gateway and frameworks.

Skills

Node.js expertise

JavaScript

TypeScript

Python scripting

Unit testing

Cloud experience

DevOps mindset

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

Git

AWS

REST APIs

API gateway

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Sr NodeJS Developer to design, build, and support the API platform powering client digital experiences. You will be a technical authority across the full SDLC and collaborate with Enterprise teams using our API gateway and frameworks.

You'll develop Node.js-based applications and tooling, implement comprehensive unit tests, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, Terraform, and cloud services. Hybrid role based in Charlotte, NC.