As a Software Associate at Cognizant, you will work as part of a software development team to design, build, maintain, and deliver software solutions for clients. You'll contribute across different phases — requirements analysis, coding, testing, debugging, deployment, and maintenance — while working with cross-functional teams (e.g., QA, product, design, business analysts). You may also help in creating technical documentation, participate in code reviews, and support integrations or system enhancements depending on the project. --- Key Responsibilities (as per Cognizant roles posted publicly) Design, code, test and maintain software applications or modules using relevant programming languages and frameworks. Participate in requirement gathering, feasibility analysis, and review of product requirements (functional/non-functional). Build proof-of-concepts (POCs) or prototypes to explore new technologies or product ideas. Collaborate with cross-functional teams — product design leads, business analysts, QA teams, and other developers — to ensure end-to-end delivery of features. Participate in code reviews, maintain coding standards and best practices, debug defects, perform integration/ unit testing, and help resolve issues/bugs. Document designs, technical specifications, test plans, and user manuals or support documentation if required. Support deployment, maintenance and possibly post-release bug-fixes / patches / updates.