Lead UI Software Engineer

About the role

The Lead UI Software Engineer is responsible for leading the design, development, and delivery of modern, scalable, and high-performing user interfaces for enterprise web applications. This role combines hands-on technical expertise with leadership responsibilities, driving UI architecture, development standards, and best practices while mentoring development teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop features in all areas within our applications, including collaboration in requirements definition, prototyping, design, coding, debugging, and testing.
• Lead the design and development of scalable and responsive web applications using React JS and Redux.
• Define and enforce UI architecture, coding standards, and best practices.
• Develop reusable, maintainable, and performant UI components using modern JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Work closely with backend teams to ensure seamless integration with GraphQL/REST APIs.
• Partner closely with backend teams to integrate GraphQL and REST services, contribute to micro-application design and implementation, and help drive continuous improvements in application performance, reliability, and user experience.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to both onshore and offshore UI engineering teams, conducting code reviews, design reviews, and technical guidance sessions to ensure high-quality software development practices.
• Support modern DevOps processes, containerized deployments, authentication and API gateway integrations, and cloud-based solutions while helping the organization deliver software efficiently and at scale.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience with development of UI with React JS, Redux, Graph QL or REST.
• Good Understanding of containerized applications.
• Experience designing and implementing micro-applications.
• Experience with dev ops tools (Jenkins/Git/Rancher).
• Experience with unit testing frameworks.
• Experience on Integration with Ping Federation & Apigee.
• Good experience with UML Diagram creation with Visio or draw.io.

Qualifications

• Good experience with UML Diagram creation with Visio or draw.io.
• Conduct code reviews, design reviews, and technical guidance sessions.

Skills

• Strong expertise in React JS, Redux, and modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Experience with cloud-native technologies.
• Ability to work directly, efficiently, and professionally in an Agile environment with other developers and team members including senior developers, systems administrators, and business users.
• Able to work independently to solve complex problems.
• Experience with modern DevOps processes, containerized deployments, authentication and API gateway integrations, and cloud-based solutions.

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