Microservices Technical Lead

Cognizant

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Buffalo Grove, ILRichardson, TX
Salary
$112,000–$132,000 / yr
Posted
8 days ago
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About Cognizant

Cognizant is a multinational IT services and consulting company offering digital transformation, technology, and business process services. It serves clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries worldwide.

Cognizant currently has 330 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Microservices Technical Lead

The Microservices Technical Lead will lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise microservices solutions within a cross-functional team. This role involves gathering requirements from stakeholders, mentoring developers on coding standards, and managing development milestones across onsite and offshore teams. Key responsibilities include designing RESTful services, implementing business logic, and ensuring application resiliency through non-blocking I/O programming. The candidate will utilize a technical stack including Spring Boot, OpenJDK, Apache Camel, Kubernetes, MongoDB, OpenShift Container Platform, Spring Tool Suite, and GitHub. The work focuses on building scalable, maintainable applications using Microservice Design Patterns and Business Delegate Patterns. The role addresses complex technical problems in distributed systems architecture, enterprise integration patterns, and large-scale enterprise modernization initiatives while maintaining DTO, DAO, Service, and Controller layers.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and maintain microservices-based applications using Spring Boot and modern development frameworks.
  • Lead and mentor developers on coding standards, design patterns, and defect resolution.
  • Implement business logic and integration solutions using Apache Camel and Microservice Design Patterns.
  • Present architectural designs and technical solutions during governance and design review meetings.
  • Coordinate activities across onsite and offshore teams while facilitating scrum ceremonies.
  • Identify project risks and dependencies and drive resolution through established escalation processes.
  • Configure application logging with Fluentd and implement monitoring using Sleuth.
  • Create and execute JUnit test cases to support automated testing and application quality.

What we're looking for

  • At least 7 years of experience leading projects as a Technical Lead within Middleware and/or J2EE environments.
  • At least 2 years of hands-on experience leading development projects utilizing Microservices Architecture.
  • Experience with Spring Boot, OpenJDK, Apache Camel, Kubernetes, MongoDB, OpenShift, Spring Tool Suite, and GitHub.
  • Experience designing and implementing REST APIs and microservices-based solutions.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise integration patterns and distributed systems architecture.
  • Experience working within onsite/offshore delivery models and coordinating activities across multiple teams.
  • Experience with Agile development methodologies, including the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) (preferred).
  • Knowledge of Healthcare, Insurance, or Financial Services domains (preferred).

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