Cognizant

Data Engineer / Backend API Engineer

📍 Location
toronto, on
⏰ Job Type
Full-time
📅 Posted
May 21, 2026
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Job Description

**PR / Citizens who lived in Canada for more than 5 years needed due to Pro B clearance**

Location- Onsite at Toronto, ON

Objective

Engage a contract Data Engineer / Backend API Engineer to design and implement internal backend APIs supporting an enterprise data integration platform. These internal APIs will orchestrate processing, validate data, and route requests to downstream systems, operating behind an externally exposed API layer.

Scope of Work

  • Design and build internal REST and event‑driven APIs that receive single requests from an external API layer for downstream processing
  • Implement backend logic to:
    • Validate, transform, and enrich incoming data
    • Orchestrate workflow and route requests to target systems and databases
    • Route each request to the appropriate destination system
  • Integra...

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