Senior Java Full Stack Engineer

Job Description

What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment! This is creating many opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world.At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world's leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative, and successful. Moreover, this is your chance to be part of the success story. Position Summary Experienced in agile delivery. Ability to operate within agile/iterative project management methodology processes such as SCRUM. Experience in a consulting position, preferably working within large, complex and distributed client environments. Well-developed oral and written communication skills. Ability to effectively report and manage or escalate risk(s), issue(s) and defects. Proven ability to lead small teams of technical professionals, demonstrated collaboration and management experience, as well as able to perform as part of a team. Mandatory Skills Understanding strengths and weaknesses of common libraries and when to apply them. Expertise in Java technologies such as Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, JPA, JMS and exposure to other Java libraries and frameworks. Expertise in web technologies such as: ReactJS, JavaScript (ES2016+), NodeJS and Browser APIs. Awareness of the 12 factor principles of microservice development. Expertise in designing well-formed RESTful APIs. Expertise using multiple frameworks/libraries to build web applications such as ReactJS, Vue.js, Angular Platform, Redux or similar. Experience in Java build automation technologies such as Gradle, Maven, etc. Experience with different branching models with Git or other SCM tool. Expertise in relational databases and data modelling. Knowledge of NoSQL databases, and when it is appropriate to use them. Experience with CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins etc. Experience with IaaS such as AWS, GCP, Azure. Experience working with IDEs such as IntelliJ, WebStorm or VS Code. Experience with rapid prototyping of application concepts. Understanding or exposure to Jira in relation to agile task allocation and defect management (desirable). Experience with common front-end development tools such as Webpack, NPM/Yarn, Babel/Rollup, Bash scripting, IDEs such as IntelliJ. Experience with implementing testing solutions e.g.: Karma, Mocha + Chai, Jasmine/Jest, Codecept / WebDriver. Roles And Responsibilities Be part of an agile team of diverse and talented software engineers. Work in a collaborative environment to solve complex problems in a meaningful way. Provide thought leadership in programming and software development. Develop code based on client requirements in alignment with best practices such as functional & object-oriented programming as well as test driven development. Support the Business in achieving the best possible technical outcome. Develop responsive web applications across multiple platforms within large, distributed client environments. Understand & apply common design or technical patterns as well as programming paradigms. Help build our team by providing mentoring and support to our junior team members. Deploy Java multi-channel applications across multiple platforms within large and distributed client environments. Ensure tasks are undertaken at the appropriate level of quality to achieve requirements. Salary Range: >$100,000Date of Posting: 19th Feb 25Next Steps: If you feel this opportunity suits you, or Cognizant is the type of organization you would like to join, we want to have a conversation with you! Please apply directly with us.Cognizant is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities. Successful candidates will be required to undergo a background check. #J-18808-Ljbffr