14 days ago
Remote, United StatesEntry Level
Base Salary
$100k - $100k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build, test, debug, deploy, and enhance software applications, APIs, and scalable secure systems using AI-assisted development tools.
- Develop AI-enabled applications, agentic workflows, automation solutions, and context and harness engineering capabilities.
- Design, develop, integrate, and support full-stack applications, backend services, APIs, databases, and cloud-native application components.
- Evaluate AI-generated outputs for quality, accuracy, performance, and business relevance.
- Contribute to knowledge and context systems, retrieval workflows, testing, deployment, monitoring, documentation, and operational support.
- Apply responsible AI principles and software engineering best practices while learning new tools and technologies.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, Cyber Security, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline.
- Experience building software applications through academic, internship, research, hackathon, or personal projects using one or more programming languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or C#.
- Foundational knowledge of object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, testing, debugging, and application design.
- Exposure to full-stack or backend development concepts, including APIs, databases, application architecture, and front-end/back-end integration.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
- Preferred familiarity with modern web, backend, or cloud application development frameworks and technologies; relational or NoSQL databases; application integration patterns; Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud; Git; containerization; generative AI; large language models; prompt engineering; AI agents; retrieval-augmented generation; or AI-assisted development tools.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Paid holidays and paid time off.
- 401(k) plan and contributions.
- Long-term and short-term disability coverage.
- Paid parental leave.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- The position may be remote or hybrid; hybrid arrangements may require 3–4 days per week at a client or Cognizant office in Plano, Teaneck, Bridgewater, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, or San Francisco.
- New hires start in either January 2027 or June 2027 based on anticipated graduation date and business needs.
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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.