Technology Engineer

• Build scalable Java microservices and RESTful APIs with a clear line of sight to drive customer value.

• Develop responsive, accessible React frontends instrumented with telemetry from day one, so product decisions are grounded in real usage data.

• Partner with product managers, designers and fellow engineers from the earliest stages of discovery to challenge assumptions, surfacing trade-offs, and shaping the solution.

• Break down complex problems into iterative deliverables that ship value early and often

• Participate actively in agile ceremonies (planning, refinement, retrospectives) and contribute to how the team works.

• Use AI-assisted tools to improve productivity across the product life cycle.

• Build shared components, common API contracts, and reusable platform libraries.

• Instrument feature flags and telemetry to support reliable A/B and multivariate experiments.

• Write thorough unit tests, enforce coverage and quality gates.

• Integrate SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, and secrets detection into CI/CD. Apply OWASP Top 10 mitigations across all services and APIs as default practice.

• Build Measure Learn through Real User Monitoring: Take ownership of features beyond deployment - measuring adoption, monitoring metrics, and iterating based on user feedback and data

• Apply sound engineering and product judgement when balancing pace, quality, and risk; make a clear recommendation and own the outcome

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the technical and product landscape and actively identify opportunities to innovate.

• Strong Java (Java 17+) with Spring Boot and microservices; production-grade REST API design with versioning, fault tolerance, and OpenAPI documentation as standard.

• Solid Advanced Javascript, React, NodeJS, ES6, Typescript, component architecture, hooks, state management, HTML, CSS for accessible, performant, and Responsive Design.

• Awareness of working in a DevSecOps model – setting up pipelines and infrastructure using Terraform or Cloudformation scripts.

• Hands-on AWS across core services (ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, API Gateway, IAM, CloudWatch); cloud security applied by default.

• Active user of AI-assisted development tools. Strong ability to validate, test, and take full ownership of AI-generated code.

• Practical DevSecOps: Awareness of pipeline integration with SAST/DAST tools, automated testing, quality gates, and secrets management.

• Working knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and responsible AI engineering, including AI-specific vulnerabilities such as prompt injection and data leakage.

• Observability ownership: structured logging, metrics, distributed tracing, alerting, and SLI definition for services in production using tools such as Datadog and CloudWatch.

• Strong understanding on Relational databases, NoSQL databases and caching strategies.

• Proven work experience in Agile Product teams delivering customer outcomes.

• Track record of taking features end-to-end, from problem definition through production support.

• Strong written and verbal communication, being able to explain technical challenges to non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience building software solutions & products for the Energy Retail sector and strong foundations on Utilities Industries Domain.

About us
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, building the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.

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