Cognizant

Lead Developer

Cognizant
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1 day ago
Chennai, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement complex front-end features using JavaScript and Angular for investment banking and brokerage applications.
  • Build reusable component architectures and state management patterns for maintainable, scalable client-facing tools.
  • Optimize front-end performance for high-volume market data and transaction activity.
  • Integrate APIs and define data contracts with backend engineers for trading systems, risk engines, and dashboards.
  • Conduct code reviews, identify technical debt, and guide improvements in engineering quality.
  • Mentor developers on Angular patterns, testing strategies, and modular design.
  • Investigate production incidents, identify root causes, and implement preventative fixes.
  • Document application architectures, coding standards, and deployment procedures.
  • Coordinate collaboration and working practices across onsite and remote team members.
  • Align front-end designs with financial regulatory, compliance, reporting, and audit-readiness requirements.

Requirements

  • Strong hands-on expertise building complex front-end modules with JavaScript and Angular.
  • Understanding of web application performance optimization under heavy market data and transaction loads.
  • Experience collaborating effectively across hybrid or distributed engineering and product teams.
  • Exposure to investment banking operations, including trade lifecycles, settlements, reconciliations, and risk reporting.
  • Knowledge of investment banking and brokerage concepts such as positions, orders, executions, and portfolios.
  • Strong problem-solving, debugging, clean-code, unit-testing, and modular-design skills.
  • Commitment to continuous learning in the Angular ecosystem, JavaScript standards, and modern application patterns.

Tech Stack

AngularJavaScript

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About Cognizant

10,000+ employees

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.

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