
Software Engineer · Mumbai
Cognizant India · Cognizant India
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Designation Offered
Software Engineer
Job Role
Software Architect
Department
Software & Technology
Job Type
Fulltime
Salary
Not disclosed
Experience
Fresher
Job Location
Mumbai
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Posted by
Cognizant India
Posted On
8 Sept 2026
Valid until
7 Nov 2026
Skillset required
Job Description for Software Engineer
A role-focused description with responsibilities, expectations, and qualifications for this opening.
Software Engineer is a delivery-focused opportunity based in Mumbai, India.
Develop, test, and maintain robust software solutions, collaborating with engineering teams to deliver scalable technology applications across business domains.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, test, and maintain robust software solutions, collaborating with engineering teams to deliver scalable technology applications across business domains
- Design, build, and improve software systems that support the goals of the Software Engineer function.
- Translate product or business requirements into clean, maintainable technical solutions.
- Write high-quality code with appropriate testing, code review, and documentation discipline.
- Collaborate with product, design, QA, and peer engineers to deliver reliable releases.
- Investigate bugs, performance issues, and production risks with a strong root-cause mindset.
- Improve system reliability, observability, and maintainability through thoughtful engineering decisions.
- Contribute to architecture and implementation discussions with pragmatic technical trade-offs.
- Break down complex work into clear milestones and communicate status transparently.
- Refactor and simplify existing code where it improves long-term velocity and quality.
- Support release readiness by validating edge cases, dependencies, and rollback considerations.
- Share knowledge through pairing, mentoring, documentation, and constructive code reviews.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
- Strong coding fundamentals with attention to reliability, performance, and maintainability.
- Experience working with code reviews, testing practices, and collaborative delivery workflows.
- Ability to break down ambiguous problems into clear technical solutions.
- Comfort partnering with cross-functional teams in iterative product or platform environments.
- Strong debugging, communication, and ownership skills across the software lifecycle.
Applications should be submitted through the listed apply link.
About this opening
Cognizant India is hiring a Software Architect in the Software & Technology team based in Mumbai.
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- Role
- Software Architect
- Department
- Software & Technology
- Location
- Mumbai
- Work mode
- Flexible
- Experience
- Fresher
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