About Cognizant Consulting
Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant’s consulting practice—we’re a global community of experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their business. By combining deep industry expertise with modern engineering and cloud capabilities, we deliver innovative, scalable solutions for some of the world’s most complex platforms and transformation programs.
About the role
As a Full Stack Engineer, you will make an impact by designing and delivering end‑to‑end digital solutions that bring complex business and technology journeys to life. You will be a valued member of our Technology Consulting team, working collaboratively with architects, platform engineers, and client stakeholders to build scalable, cloud‑native systems from user experience through to backend services.
This role suits engineers who enjoy working across the full stack, validating architectural designs through real execution, and contributing to large‑scale, mission‑critical platforms.
In this role, you will:
- Design and deliver end‑to‑end application features across frontend, APIs, and backend services
- Build scalable, cloud‑native solutions aligned to modern architectural patterns and platform standards
- Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and backend services that support reliable, secure system workflows
- Collaborate closely with architects and delivery teams to validate solution designs through working software
- Contribute to quality engineering practices, including automated testing, reliability, and performance considerations
Work model
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Sydney, New South Wales. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.
What you must have to be considered
- Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer / Engineer delivering production‑grade systems
- Strong backend development experience using Node.js / TypeScript or equivalent modern stacks
- Frontend development experience with modern frameworks such as React
- Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs
- Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts, including reliability, consistency, and failure handling
These will help you succeed
- Experience building solutions on AWS or comparable cloud platforms
- Exposure to event‑driven or asynchronous architectures and modern integration patterns
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud‑native deployment models
- Strong testing mindset, including automated testing across multiple layers
- Experience working in large‑scale, regulated, or data‑critical environments
We’re excited to meet people who share our passion for building resilient, modern platforms and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don’t hesitate to apply, even if you don’t meet every requirement—your transferable skills and experience may be exactly what we’re looking for.
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.