Java Technical Lead
Cognizant · Salt Lake City, UT
$100,000–$150,000from the description
Jul 27, 2026
Salt Lake City, UT
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior hands-on technical lead role focused on designing and delivering enterprise Java applications integrated with AI-powered, multi-agent systems on Google Cloud Platform. The position involves leading engineering delivery end-to-end — from architecture and development through CI/CD, automated testing, and secure coding — while collaborating with product owners and business stakeholders. It suits an experienced Java engineer comfortable operating independently and guiding technical direction on a distributed team.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 7,100 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 4,250–12,700
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The title 'Java Technical Lead' carries no explicit seniority level word, so the title states no level; however, the 10+ years requirement and end-to-end delivery ownership clearly support a Senior classification.
Claude AI (or a similar LLM platform) is listed under the required qualifications section with a 'preferably' qualifier — the qualifier applies to the specific tool, not to the multi-agent AI requirement itself, so the capability is treated as a hard gate with Claude AI as the named primary option.
CI/CD pipeline tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Cloud Build) are listed together as interchangeable examples under the requirements section; each is captured separately as preferred since the gate is on CI/CD experience generally, not on any one specific tool.
Docker, Kubernetes, and GKE appear only under the 'These Will Help You Stand Out' (preferred/nice-to-have) section.
RXConnect is listed under the preferred section as domain-specific knowledge relevant to healthcare/pharmacy contexts.
The role is nominally headquartered in Woonsocket, RI but is explicitly open to fully remote candidates anywhere in the US.
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