5 days ago
Richmond, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$120k - $140k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement secure, scalable Python and Java card and payment processing services.
- Develop and optimize services supporting real-time authorization, settlement, reconciliation, and high-volume transactions.
- Integrate applications with payment gateways, card networks, and fraud management systems.
- Conduct code reviews and maintain reusable, reliable software components and design patterns.
- Implement unit, integration, and end-to-end testing strategies.
- Configure and maintain AWS-based compute, storage, network, and database infrastructure.
- Monitor production systems through logging, metrics, and alerts and remediate performance and service issues.
- Analyze incident trends with operations and support teams and implement sustainable fixes.
- Document system architectures, service interfaces, and deployment procedures.
- Collaborate with product managers, architects, domain experts, operations, and support teams on payment features and technical decisions.
- Maintain data privacy, security controls, and regulatory compliance for card and payment solutions.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in Python for backend services, scripts, and data processing components.
- Strong Java experience maintaining transaction engines, APIs, and integration layers.
- Strong AWS skills designing cloud-native architectures with compute, storage, networking, and managed services.
- Proven card and payments domain experience, including transaction lifecycles, settlement, chargebacks, and regulatory compliance.
- Experience with software engineering practices including version control, code review, continuous integration, and deployment.
- Effective communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Ability to work in a hybrid arrangement and use collaboration tools and documentation effectively.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement in Richmond, VA, subject to business and client requirements.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, subject to eligibility.
- 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.
- Eligibility for a discretionary annual incentive program based on performance and applicable plan terms.
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.