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Senior Java Developer (Onsite)

Cognizant
Portsmouth, NH Full Time
POSTED ON 9/30/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/30/2025
Cognizant’s Digital Engineering practice is seeking a highly qualified Senior Java Developer(Onsite) with experience developing and building high-performing, scalable, enterprise applications. You will be part of a digital software team that works on high-demand applications. Our engineers have a passion for high-quality, reliable and maintainable code. You will work side by side with product managers, designers, and clients, making decisions together in order to quickly deliver valuable working software to clients and their users. Our engineers are agile and retrospective, and not afraid to identify what we’re doing wrong, so we can fix it, and what we’re doing right, so we can improve on it. Above all, we judge success by the success of our team and the happiness of our customers.

Cognizant Digital Engineering If you’re like us, you’ve got big ideas. At Cognizant, we’re exploring new ideas every day. We help industry leading companies reinvent their business models and innovate products that create new value—by connecting people with things, insights and experiences. Cognizant digital engineering designs, engineers and delivers digital products and experiences that drive digital-first business models. We offer the most comprehensive digital engineering expertise and client-centric methodology for sustainable innovation.

Location: Portsmouth, NH, USA

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

Cognizant will not sponsor H-1B or other U.S. work authorization for this role.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and implementation of complex software solutions using Advanced Java and JavaScript to meet business requirements.
  • Oversee the integration of systems and applications, ensuring seamless data flow and cross-platform functionality.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members, promoting a collaborative and innovative work environment.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement scalable, efficient software architectures.
  • Ensure application reliability and performance through thorough testing and debugging processes.
  • Develop and maintain technical documentation to support ongoing maintenance and future development.
  • Analyze and resolve technical issues to minimize disruption to business operations and enhance user experience.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives to elevate software quality and streamline development processes.
  • Coordinate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into actionable technical specifications.
  • Utilize Unix systems for effective application deployment and management, ensuring optimal performance.
  • Implement JSON and XML technologies for seamless data interchange and system integration.
  • Ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices in software development and data management.
  • Contribute to the company’s mission by delivering innovative solutions that enhance the Property and Casualty Insurance domain

Required Qualifications

  • Strong proficiency in Advanced Java and JavaScript
  • Experience in system and application integration
  • Ability to design scalable and efficient software architectures
  • Expertise in testing and debugging for performance and reliability
  • Knowledge of Unix systems for deployment and management
  • Experience with JSON and XML for data interchange
  • Understanding of software development best practices and industry standards
  • Strong problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve technical issues
  • Ability to lead and mentor technical teams
  • Excellent collaboration skills with cross-functional teams
  • Experience in technical documentation and specification writing

Travel: 0-5%

Why Choose Cognizant?

It takes a lot to succeed in today’s fast-paced market, and Cognizant Technology Solutions has become a leader in the industry. We love big ideas and even bigger dreams! We stand out because we put human experiences at the core. Our associates enjoy robust benefits and training opportunities from our industry-recognized, award-winning Academy team. You will have access to hundreds of technical trainings to keep your skillsets fresh and have opportunities to acquire certifications on the newest technologies.

Everything we do at Cognizant we do with passion—for our clients (fortune 100 companies), our communities, and our organization. It’s the defining attribute that we look for in our people.

If you love ambiguity, excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we’d love to hear from you!

About Cognizant Digital Engineering

Well-designed software transcends digital technology, going beyond the fulfillment of basic requirements to focus instead on human needs. Within Cognizant Digital Engineering, we help clients develop software products that transform human insights into tangible, production-ready digital solutions. We also work with our clients to scale their native cloud applications. Using insights from the lived experiences of our consumers, we seamlessly replace traditional service strategies with engaging, precise, and direct digital applications. Designing phenomenal software is vital to success in the digital economy—and we understand that a human-centric approach is key to this design.

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