Technical Lead

About the role

You will design, develop, and deliver scalable enterprise applications using React.js, Spring Boot, Microservices, and Core Java. This role provides technical leadership across front-end and back-end development, guides engineering teams, and ensures solutions are reliable, secure, and aligned with business needs. It supports merchandising and commerce-related solutions that improve customer value and contribute to enterprise growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design and development of scalable enterprise applications using React.js, Spring Boot, Microservices, and Core Java.
• Drive architectural decisions across front-end and back-end components, ensuring maintainability, performance, security, and scalability.
• Collaborate with product managers, business analysts, QA teams, DevOps, and infrastructure partners to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Oversee code quality, pull request reviews, testing practices, technical documentation, and adherence to engineering standards.
• Mentor engineers, resolve complex technical issues, analyze production metrics, and drive continuous improvements across application performance and reliability.

Requirements

• 8 to 10 years of hands-on software development experience with strong expertise in Core Java, Spring Boot, React.js, and Microservices.
• Experience designing and implementing scalable microservices-based solutions, including service orchestration, data consistency, and resilience patterns.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, design patterns, clean code principles, and enterprise application architecture.
• Experience with unit testing, integration testing, automated quality practices, and production support readiness.
• Working knowledge of relational or NoSQL databases, query optimization, and data flows supporting merchandising or transactional systems.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, technical leadership, and stakeholder management skills in Agile or iterative delivery environments.

Pay

The annual salary for this position is between $60,000 and $90,000, depending on experience and qualifications. This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Paid holidays plus paid time off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term and short-term disability
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.