Senior Full Stack Java & Azure Engineer
Location: Remote
Employment Type: Full-Time
Remote - United States
Job ID: 00070898551
Senior Full Stack Java & Azure Engineer
About the role
As a Senior Full Stack Java & Azure Engineer, you will make an impact by designing and delivering secure, scalable, and maintainable cloud-native applications. You will work collaboratively with product, architecture, security, quality engineering, DevOps, and operations teams to build modern applications and establish strong engineering practices.
In this role, you will:
- Design, develop, test, and support secure, reliable, and maintainable software aligned with approved architecture and engineering standards.
- Develop Java/Spring Boot APIs, modern web and PWA capabilities, Azure integrations, data-access components, and containerized workloads.
- Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and quality controls, security checks, branch protections, and repeatable deployment processes.
- Apply security-by-design practices across authentication, authorization, secrets management, sensitive data, dependencies, logging, and least-privilege access.
- Mentor engineers, provide actionable code-review feedback, and establish reusable engineering patterns and development standards.
- Proactively identify technical risks and delivery roadblocks and collaborate with stakeholders to drive resolution.
Work model
We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.
The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured, we will always be clear about role expectations.
What you need to have to be considered
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with strong full-stack development experience across modern web applications, APIs, data stores, and distributed systems.
- Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, API development, and cloud-native application design.
- Experience designing secure, maintainable, and testable software using object-oriented principles, design patterns, and API-first approaches.
- Experience building cloud-native, containerized, and event-driven solutions, including asynchronous integrations.
- Strong DevSecOps experience across CI/CD, automated testing, code quality, dependency and security scanning, source control, and deployment controls.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure, infrastructure as code, cloud configuration, secrets management, and environment promotion strategies.
- Strong troubleshooting and observability skills across applications, integrations, data, pipelines, and cloud platforms.
- Ability to provide technical guidance, conduct code reviews, mentor engineers, and collaborate effectively across product, architecture, security, QE, DevOps, and operations teams.
These will help you stand out
- Advanced experience building and supporting Java/Spring Boot applications on Microsoft Azure.
- Experience designing and operating containerized and event-driven applications in complex enterprise environments.
- Strong knowledge of secure software development and DevSecOps engineering practices.
- Experience establishing reusable engineering patterns, standards, automated controls, and deployment practices.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across cross-functional teams.
Salary and Other Compensation:
Applicants will be accepted till 9/20/2026
Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.
*Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*
The annual salary for this position will be in the range of $93,000 - $109,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
- 401(k) plan and contributions
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
Our strength is built on our ability to work together. Our diverse backgrounds offer different perspectives and new ways of thinking. It encourages lively discussions, creativity, productivity, and helps us build better solutions for our clients. We want someone who thrives in this setting and is inspired to craft meaningful solutions through true collaboration.
If you are content with ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!
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À propos de Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ : CTSH) est un AI Builder et une entreprise de services numériques (ESN) élaborant des solutions complètes d’IA maximisant les investissements pour des résultats concrets. Sa profonde expertise des métiers, des processus et des technologies lui permet d’intégrer dans les systèmes technologiques le contexte unique de chaque organisation de l’ingénierie à la production à l’échelle. Son objectif : améliorer l’efficacité des équipes, créer de la valeur et permettre aux grandes entreprises de rester performantes dans un monde qui évolue rapidement. Pour en savoir plus : cognizant.ai ou @cognizant.
Renseignments suppplémentaires sur l'emploi
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