Cognizant

Golang Application Architect

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5 days ago
Lexington, KY, USASenior

Base Salary

$81k - $142k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Architect and design end-to-end healthcare provider applications using Golang, React, and PostgreSQL.
  • Define application architecture, service boundaries, integration patterns, and technical standards for scalable and maintainable systems.
  • Establish secure coding practices and support compliance with security, privacy, and data protection requirements.
  • Translate healthcare provider business requirements into practical, high-performing technical solutions.
  • Mentor development teams and provide guidance on software design, performance optimization, observability, reliability, and best practices.
  • Contribute to architecture standards, governance, technical roadmaps, distributed systems, monitoring, and enterprise integration initiatives.

Requirements

  • Strong experience designing and architecting enterprise applications with Golang.
  • Hands-on PostgreSQL expertise including schema design, performance tuning, indexing, and data modeling.
  • Experience building modern web applications with React.
  • Deep understanding of application security, secure coding, integration patterns, and cloud-native architectures.
  • Experience in the healthcare provider domain and translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
  • Experience with highly available, large-scale distributed systems, healthcare data management, regulatory requirements, provider workflows, architecture governance, technical roadmaps, observability, performance monitoring, and enterprise integration frameworks is preferred.
  • Strong mentoring and leadership skills with experience guiding development teams.

Benefits

  • Remote position open to qualified applicants in Lexington, Kentucky, with work arrangements subject to business, project, 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.
  • Eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program based on performance and applicable plan terms.
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About Cognizant

10,000+ employees

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value. We build full-stack AI solutions powered by deep industry, process and engineering expertise — embedding an organization's unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential and drive tangible outcomes. From strategy to deployment, we help global enterprises move from AI ambition to AI impact and stay ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai | Follow us @cognizant

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