Senior Node.js & TypeScript Engineer - Remote Healthcare

Cognizant; Augusta (ME); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + 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 Senior Node.js/TypeScript Engineer to design and deliver scalable, API-driven healthcare payer solutions. You will collaborate with product owners, architects, operations teams, and healthcare domain stakeholders to build secure, resilient applications.

The role emphasizes REST API services, data models for interoperability, automated testing, CI/CD, and production issue triage, with a remote work setup open to qualified applicants in the United States.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with hands-on development of REST API-driven applications using TypeScript and Node.js.
• Hands-on experience with AWS.
• Strong healthcare payer domain knowledge, including claims processing, benefit administration, coding standards, and data integrity principles.
• Experience designing scalable data models, API contracts, and integration frameworks supporting healthcare interoperability.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle practices, version control, and collaborative engineering methodologies.
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, cloud-based environments, and containerized deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and enhance enterprise-grade REST API services using TypeScript and Node.js.
• Translate payer business requirements into scalable technical solutions and service-oriented architectures.
• Build structured data models and interface contracts for healthcare interoperability.
• Implement automated testing, CI/CD, and quality engineering standards for stability and reliability.
• Troubleshoot production issues, optimize service performance, and improve platform resilience.

Skills

REST API design

Node.js

TypeScript

AWS

Healthcare payer domain

CI/CD

Automated testing

API contracts & data modeling

Tools

AWS

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Node.js/TypeScript Engineer to design and deliver scalable, API-driven healthcare payer solutions. You will collaborate with product owners, architects, operations teams, and healthcare domain stakeholders to build secure, resilient applications.

The role emphasizes REST API services, data models for interoperability, automated testing, CI/CD, and production issue triage, with a remote work setup open to qualified applicants in the United States.