Tech Anchor

Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.). Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500 and we are among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.

*Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*

Location

Dearborn, MI (work will be Remote to start with)

We are Cognizant Artificial Intelligence

Digital technologies, including analytics and AI, give companies a once-in-a-generation opportunity to perform orders of magnitude better than ever before. But clients need new business models built from analyzing customers and business operations at every angle to really understand them.

With the power to apply artificial intelligence and data science to business decisions via enterprise data management solutions, we help leading companies prototype, refine, validate and scale the most desirable products and delivery models to enterprise scale within weeks

Practice - AIA - Artificial Intelligence and Analytics

About AI & Analytics: Artificial intelligence (AI) and the data it collects and analyzes will soon sit at the core of all intelligent, human-centric businesses. By decoding customer needs, preferences, and behaviors, our clients can understand exactly what services, products, and experiences their consumers need. Within AI & Analytics, we work to design the futurea future in which trial-and-error business decisions have been replaced by informed choices and data-supported strategies.

Cognizants AIA practice takes insights that are buried in data, and provides businesses a clear way to transform how they source, interpret and consume their information. Our clients need flexible data structures and a streamlined data architecture that quickly turns data resources into informative, meaningful intelligence.

Roles/Responsibilities:

Design and architect end-to-end systems and processes use analytical skills to meet reliability, scalability, security requirements

Converse with product owners / product managers / business customers about the realm of the possible, help with scoping and defining Minimum Viable Products

Be forward thinking to identify and build the architecture runway needed to keep our capabilities and infrastructure modern and able to leverage new technologies as they emerge

Lead group programming exercises (lunch-and-learn, mob programming, etc.)

Pair regularly and lead by example, staying current with the technology stack and being integrally involved with the codebase

Apply a test-first mentality and impress upon the team the importance of a healthy suite of tests (unit, integration, smoke tests, etc.)

Qualifications:

Expected to meet the technical qualifications of the Software Engineer. In addition to those they should have the following:

Experience providing technical coaching to technical team members (Code Review and hands-on coding experience required)

Architectural experience in Java technologies

Experience leading the design, build and support of enterprise-level Internal or external customer-facing applications

Experience leading the design, build and support of enterprise-level Big Data or Data Warehousing applications (Nice to Have)

Demonstrated the ability to learn and teach new technologies

Experienced in identifying, investigating, proving out and deploying new technologies; this can be commercial packages, infrastructure or new software development tools

Cognizant is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. Cognizant is committed to ensuring that all current and prospective associates are afforded equal opportunities and treatment and a work environment free of harassment.

Cognizant is recognized as a Military Friendly Employer and is a coalition member of the Veteran Jobs Mission. Our Cognizant Veterans Network assists Veterans in building and growing a career at Cognizant that allows them to leverage the leadership, loyalty, integrity, and commitment to excellence instilled in them through participation in military service.

Technical Skills

* Proficiency Legends