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You will be a valued member of the engineering team and work collaboratively with architects, DevOps engineers, product owners, business stakeholders, and fellow developers to build secure, high-performing enterprise solutions.\n*Cognizant cannot provide sponsorship for this role now or in the future.*\nIn This Role, You Will:\nDesign, develop, test, and deploy enterprise-grade applications using Java and AWS technologies.\nBuild and maintain scalable REST APIs, microservices, and cloud-native solutions.\nDevelop and integrate modern web applications using Angular and TypeScript.\nPartner with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.\nParticipate in architecture discussions and contribute to application modernization initiatives.\nDrive application performance, security, reliability, and maintainability.\nPerform code reviews, mentor developers, and promote engineering best practices.\nContribute to CI/CD automation and cloud transformation initiatives.\nWork Model\nWe believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. 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