Front-End Developer
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
About Cognizant Digital Engineering
Cognizant is a global technology and professional services company that helps organizations modernize technology, reimagine processes, and transform customer experiences at scale. Within our Digital Engineering practice, we combine deep engineering expertise with cutting-edge technologies such as cloud, data, and AI to build innovative, scalable digital solutions.
Our teams operate in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where innovation and continuous learning are at the core. You will have the opportunity to work on advanced AI-driven solutions for leading financial services clients, shaping the next generation of intelligent, secure, and customer-centric digital platforms.
About the Role
You will work in multidisciplinary teams alongside proposition managers, journey experts, UX/UI designers, data analysts, developers, architects, business analysts, and product owners. Together, you will drive impact from end to end — from defining the right customer problem to experimenting, building, launching, and continuously improving. We operate with speed and autonomy, turning insights into decisions and results without unnecessary bureaucracy.
Your Responsibilities
As a Front-End Developer, you will:
- Deliver and maintain essential front-end functionalities such as navigation, profiles, and core experience features
- Build and sustain a robust and consistent navigation architecture and baseline app experience
- Conduct discovery to better understand customer needs, constraints, and opportunities
- Collaborate closely with other teams to ensure navigation and conversational interfaces create a seamless and intuitive user experience
- Contribute to scalable, reusable solutions that support broader platform development
- Ensure performance optimization and “snappy” user experiences across the application
- Align with developers, architects, and product owners to uncover and address all relevant use cases
Your Profile
You are a proactive and adaptable front-end developer who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You think ahead, balance detail with the bigger picture, and make pragmatic decisions about when to abstract and when to keep solutions simple. Strong communication and collaboration skills enable you to work effectively across teams and disciplines.
Required Skills & Experience
- Senior-level experience with 5+ years developing complex software solutions in a platform environment
- Proven ability to build scalable, framework-independent front-end solutions
- Strong knowledge of browser APIs and the UI layer
- Solid experience with design systems
- Advanced proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript
- Hands-on experience with Angular
- Experience developing and maintaining shared code used by multiple teams
- Experience working within a monorepo environment
- Experience with performance optimization and “snappiness” engineering
Nice to Have
- Experience with Senses
What We Offer (Netherlands)
- Competitive salary
- Access to Udemy and Cognizant Academy
- NS business card
- 25 paid holidays
- Laptop and smartphone
- Pension scheme
- Technology-driven organization
- Open team spirit
- International environment
Contact the Recruiter
Bill Hilhorst
Email: [email protected]
What we offer
- The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
- Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
- The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
- A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and a pension plan with matching contributions.
- Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.
- True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.
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.
Other employment-related information
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] with your request and contact information.
Language requirements vary depending on roles, but we ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
