Role Overview
We are looking for enthusiastic fresh graduates or earlycareer professionals who are eager to start their journey in application development and maintenance. You will work closely with senior team members to develop, maintain, test and enhance enterprise applications while building strong technical and domain skills.
Key Responsibilities
- Participate in daily team SyncUP's and status meetings to understand ongoing work.
- Learn and understand business requirements and application workflows.
- Assist in application support activities under guidance, including issue analysis and resolution in test environments.
- Support basic SQL activities such as querying data, understanding tables, views, and stored procedures.
- Assist in application development and support using C# / .NET, MVC, Web APIs, and basic JavaScript.
- Help execute test cases for functional, regression, and end-to-end testing.
- Support automation test execution and learn to debug simple test scripts.
- Assist in environment health checks and basic troubleshooting activities.
- Document incidents, fixes, and learnings in the Knowledge Management portal.
- Support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) activities with guidance from senior team members.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams and learn standard software development and support practices.
- Actively participate in training, learning sessions, and upskilling initiatives.
- Follow established coding, testing, and documentation standards.
Must have:
- 4-year bachelor’s degree in computer science / IT or related field.
- Basic understanding of programming concepts and problem solving.
- Foundational knowledge of SQL (queries, tables, basic joins).
- Awareness of C# / .NET concepts or willingness to learn them.
- Advanced English level.
- Strong learning mindset and interest in application support and development roles.
Nice to have
- Internship experience or academic exposure to C#, .NET, SQL, Oracle skills.
- Basic familiarity with Agile/Scrum concepts.
Location
- CDMX (Polanco)
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Join us in our mission to create a more diverse and inclusive work environment.
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.
