About the role
As a Senior Java Developer, you will make an impact by designing, building, and supporting high‑performance backend services that power complex enterprise platforms. You will be a valued member of a delivery team supporting a large financial services client and will work closely with architects, product owners, and engineering peers to deliver scalable, resilient solutions.
Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship now or at any time in the future.
In this role, you will:
Design, develop, and maintain backend microservices using Java 17 and Spring Boot with a strong focus on performance and reliability.
Build and support event‑driven services using Kafka for high‑throughput, low‑latency data processing.
Collaborate with front‑end, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver end‑to‑end solutions across the full development lifecycle.
Work with relational and/or NoSQL databases to ensure data integrity, performance, and scalability.
Contribute to cloud‑based deployments and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring high availability and operational stability.
Support test automation and participate in code reviews to maintain high engineering standards.
Partner with stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into well‑designed technical solutions.
Work model (Hybrid)
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring at least 3 days per week onsite at the client office in Dallas, Texas. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work‑life balance through our wellbeing programs.
The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting and may change based on project or client needs. We will always be transparent about role expectations.
What you need to have to be considered
· looking for a Software Engineer with experience in design, development of enterprise systems, and handling high volumes of data. The candidate would design and implement solutions to support our clients. Technology toolkit involves RDBMS tools (SQL Server, Oracle), middleware services (Java/J2EE, Spring, Kafka/JMS), User Interaction (React)
· Work independently with minimal supervision, taking full ownership of assigned tasks from initiation to resolution.
· Proactively seek solutions, escalate issues appropriately, and follow through in a timely and professional manner
· Works closely with peer developers to ensure requirements and functional designs are translated accurately into working technical designs and that automated test plans and scripts meet customer needs
· Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams to ensure clarity, alignment, and timely delivery
· Ability to work outside of regular business hours
· The candidate should be ready to work from client office for at least 3 days a week.
· 7 to 10 years of experience
· Proficiency in Java 17 with experience with spring boot based microservice development
· Good hands on experience with kafka
· Need for a primarily back-end-focused Java engineer (Java/services/database)
· 3+ years of SQL development
· Other required experience includes react, Cloud and Test Automation
· OpenShift/Kubernetes experience preferred
These will help you stand out
· The candidate should be ready to work from client office for at least 3 days a week.
- Min 7 to 10 years of experience
- Proficiency in Java 17 with experience with spring boot based microservice development
- Good hands on experience with Kafka
- Need for a primarily back-end-focused Java engineer (Java/services/database)
- Other required experience includes Angular, Cloud and Test Automation
- OpenShift/Kubernetes experience preferred
· Investment banking experience is good to have
Please note: This role will require an in-person meet and greet at our Cognizant offices or client location.
Applications will be accepted until April 29th, 2026.
Salary and Other Compensation:
The annual salary for this position is between $68,422 to $114,000 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.
Qualifications - External
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT or equivalent