Cognizant

Lead Developer

Cognizant
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1 day ago
Chennai, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop responsive web applications using CSS, HTML, JavaScript, and React for investment banking and brokerage operations.
  • Lead front-end features through technical design, coding, testing, and deployment while maintaining enterprise and regulatory standards.
  • Guide and mentor developers on React component design, state management, performance optimization, accessibility, and secure coding.
  • Collaborate with product owners, business analysts, operations, backend, infrastructure, cybersecurity, compliance, and support teams.
  • Review code and technical designs, define interfaces and data flows, and document architectural decisions and deployment procedures.
  • Manage estimation, sprint planning, task prioritization, progress tracking, and continuous improvement activities.
  • Analyze production incidents, user feedback, and performance metrics to implement reliability and usability improvements.
  • Define unit, integration, and regression testing approaches and work with quality teams to validate functionality and compliance.
  • Support modernization initiatives, including refactoring legacy front-end modules, adopting modern React patterns, and introducing automation.

Requirements

  • Five to eight years of overall development experience building complex front-end or web applications.
  • Strong foundation in CSS, HTML, JavaScript, and React.
  • Experience with responsive design, cross-browser compatibility, performance optimization, and accessibility.
  • Familiarity with front-end build systems, testing frameworks, and version control platforms.
  • Ability to diagnose complex system interactions and propose pragmatic solutions aligned with business goals.
  • Effective communication with technical and nontechnical stakeholders across distributed teams.
  • Experience with hybrid work models and distributed collaboration.
  • Investment banking and brokerage domain knowledge, including trade lifecycle management and client servicing, is preferred.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement.
  • Day-shift schedule.
  • No travel required.

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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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