Description
About Cognizant's Digital Engineering Practice:

At Cognizant Digital Engineering, a small cross functional team comprised of a Product Manager, an Architect, Full-Stack Developers, UI/UX designers and Big Data analysts builds higher quality software faster siloed individuals working independently. Small, nimble engineering teams generate collective empathy and comradery, thus increasing their ability to anticipate unforeseen development scope changes and maintain high quality deliverables. Across our US Studio system or within client development sites, our Digital Engineering teams ideate and develop innovative cloud-based solutions following a Lean-Agile process with DevOps culture. Working in Cognizant Digital Engineering provides DevOps engineers consistent opportunities to push digital boundaries while growing their exposure to transformational technologies.

The Role:

Cognizant is looking for an experienced and innovative Senior Java Developer w/React to serve our diverse base of global clients. As a member of our team, you will build cutting edge, cloud-based software that powers modern business. An ideal candidate is someone who enjoys working in a diverse, collaborative, geographically distributed team. Similarly, the ideal candidate is an expert engineer who values the "team", drives continuous improvement and is unafraid to challenge the legacy status quo with creative cloud-based solutions.

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota or Irving, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Developing new user-facing features using React.js
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
• Developing web applications using React, Redux, GraphQL

Required Skill:

• 7-8 years of relevant experience
• Proficiency in Java, Javascript, React.js, AWS and its core principles
• Strong JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3 skills
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Redux)
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and integration
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Tokens
• Understanding of front-end build tools and pipelines
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills

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.

Must Have Skills

• SQL

• Java

• JavaScript

• MySQL

Good To Have Skills

• AWS

• React JS

• Spring Boot

Qualifications
Technical Skills

SNo

Primary Skill

Proficiency Level *

Rqrd./Dsrd.

1

AWS

PL2

Desired

2

React JS

PL3

Desired

3

SQL

PL3

Required

4

Spring Boot

PL3

Desired

5

Java

PL4

Required

6

JavaScript

PL4

Required

7

MySQL

PL2

Required

* Proficiency Legends

Proficiency Level

Generic Reference

PL1

The associate has basic awareness and comprehension of the skill and is in the process of acquiring this skill through various channels.

PL2

The associate possesses working knowledge of the skill, and can actively and independently apply this skill in engagements and projects.

PL3

The associate has comprehensive, in-depth and specialized knowledge of the skill. She / he has extensively demonstrated successful application of the skill in engagements or projects.

PL4

The associate can function as a subject matter expert for this skill. The associate is capable of analyzing, evaluating and synthesizing solutions using the skill.