2 days ago
Mexico City, MexicoEntry Level
Responsibilities
- Participate in code reviews and apply shared coding standards across services.
- Collaborate with senior engineers and analysts to clarify requirements and translate them into technical designs.
- Create unit tests and basic automation scripts to validate application behavior.
- Troubleshoot defects and production issues by analyzing logs and data flows.
- Document technical designs, data models, and deployment steps.
- Participate in sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives.
- Apply secure coding practices when handling SQL and .NET Core data operations.
- Support integration of application components with existing systems.
- Tune SQL queries and service endpoints to improve performance and throughput.
- Coordinate with quality assurance members to address defect trends and improve code quality.
- Explore .NET Core and SQL tools and frameworks to recommend incremental improvements.
Requirements
- Practical experience using .NET Core through projects, internships, or prior roles.
- Working knowledge of SQL, including joins, stored procedures, and basic optimization.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to break requirements into incremental tasks.
- Clear communication skills for working with technical and non-technical stakeholders remotely.
- Exposure to property and casualty insurance systems is desirable.
- Exposure to life and annuities insurance concepts is desirable.
- Experience with finance and accounting applications is desirable.
- Willingness to learn version control, continuous integration, structured testing, and enterprise engineering practices.
- Basic understanding of the software development lifecycle and agile methods.
- Academic or personal software projects demonstrating curiosity, accountability, and software development ability.
- Preferred certifications include Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate or Microsoft Certified .NET Developer focused on C# and .NET Core.
Benefits
- Remote work-from-home arrangement with a day shift.
- No travel required.
About Cognizant
Cognizant is a public IT services and consulting firm that designs, builds, and runs enterprise technology, including digital engineering, cloud modernization, data/AI, and managed services. It sells consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing on multi-year engagements to large enterprises in healthcare, banking, retail, communications, and manufacturing. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, Cognizant is NASDAQ-listed (CTSH) and a Fortune 500 company.