Senior Generative AI Engineer: Build Production-Ready AI Workflows

Cognizant; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 74,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Benefits package

Job summary

Cognizant in Canada is seeking a Senior Generative AI Engineer to design, build and operationalize AI-enabled engineering solutions that improve software quality and delivery.

You will develop reusable harnesses, automation workflows and conversational-to-production capabilities, collaborating with engineering, architecture, delivery and business teams on greenfield and modernization initiatives across regulated environments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in software engineering or AI engineering.
• Hands-on experience with commercial generative AI technologies (Claude, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI GPT).
• Experience building and hardening AI-assisted engineering harnesses, reusable templates or frameworks.
• Experience delivering conversational-to-production workflows across requirements, design, development, testing, deployment and support.
• Experience automating software testing and solution-delivery processes.
• Ability to create clear solution-design and technical-design documentation.
• Experience with legacy-system modernization, regulatory or highly governed programs.
• Experience contributing to greenfield development or SaaS-conversion initiatives.
• Strong understanding of AI concepts and their practical application in enterprise environments.
• Strong technical communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and harden AI-assisted engineering harnesses using Windsurf and Claude Code.
• Design and deliver conversational-to-production workflows from requirements to production support.
• Automate software testing and delivery processes to improve quality and efficiency.
• Develop reusable harness skills, templates and frameworks for repeatable AI delivery.
• Create solution-design and technical-design documentation to guide implementation and governance.
• Apply commercial generative AI technologies to address business and engineering challenges.
• Support legacy-system modernization, brownfield or regulated programs.
• Contribute to greenfield development and SaaS-conversion initiatives.
• Develop AI evaluation, testing and QA approaches for reliability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate tech and business requirements into secure, scalable solutions.

Skills

Generative AI

AI engineering

Automation

Technical communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Software testing

Solution design

Tools

Windsurf

Claude Code

Claude

GitHub Copilot

OpenAI GPT models

Job description

Cognizant in Canada is seeking a Senior Generative AI Engineer to design, build and operationalize AI-enabled engineering solutions that improve software quality and delivery.

You will develop reusable harnesses, automation workflows and conversational-to-production capabilities, collaborating with engineering, architecture, delivery and business teams on greenfield and modernization initiatives across regulated environments.