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The Role:

Cognizant is seeking a motivated and innovative **Amazon Connect Developer** to join our team as a Senior Associate. This role will focus on building intelligent, scalable contact center solutions using Amazon Connect and other AWS services. The ideal candidate is a collaborative engineer with a passion for cloud-native development, AI integration, and customer experience transformation.

Responsibilities:

+ Design and implement contact center solutions using **Amazon Connect** .

+ Develop and integrate AWS services including **Lambda, DynamoDB, Bedrock, S3** , and **LangGraph** .

+ Build intelligent workflows leveraging **Agentic AI** and **Generative AI** technologies and following Agentic Development models and experience with prompt engineering, RAG.

+ Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.

+ Write clean, efficient, and testable code using **Python** .

+ Ensure solutions meet performance, scalability, and security standards.

+ Participate in Agile ceremonies, code reviews, and mentoring activities.

+ Contribute to continuous improvement and innovation within the team.

Qualifications:

+ Up to 5 years of software development experience, including hands-on work with **Amazon Connect** and AWS services.

+ Strong proficiency in **Python programming** .

+ Experience with:

+ **Amazon AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, Bedrock, S3)**

+ **LangGraph**

+ **Amazon Lex**

+ **Amazon Connect**

+ **Model Context Protocol (MCP)**

+ **RAG**

+ **Prompt Engineering**

+ Experience with contact center development, **custom integrations with CRM systems** such as **Salesforce** , **ServiceNow** , etc.

+ Ability to quickly learn and adopt new AWS services.

+ Solid understanding of **AWS cloud platform architecture** and best practices.

+ Familiarity with Agile development and DevOps practices.

+ Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Developer, Solutions Architect).

• Experience with CI/CD tools and automation.

• Knowledge of voice/chat bot development, telephony services & conversational AI.

• Understanding of data privacy and compliance in contact center environments.

Work Authorization:

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship (H-1B, L-1B, L-1A, etc.)

Location:

We believe **hybrid** work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 to 4 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in **Plano, TX or Bridgewater, NJ** . Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

Benefits:

Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

+ Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

+ Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

+ 401(k) plan and contributions

+ Long-term/Short-term Disability

+ Paid Parental Leave

+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer:

The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.