Agentic AI Tech Lead (AWS)

Cognizant; Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in Chennai seeks a Tech Lead for Agentic AI on AWS. You will guide a development team, design multi-agent workflows, and take solutions from development through production while mentoring engineers.

You should have strong Python and AWS experience, plus proven leadership in technical teams and a solid grasp of agent orchestration and responsible AI practices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years software engineering or technical leadership experience.
• 3+ years delivering GenAI/RAG solutions in production.
• Strong Python skills and hands-on AWS experience (Bedrock, SageMaker, ECS/EKS).
• Proven track record leading technical teams and making architecture decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams building Agentic AI applications on AWS.
• Design RAG-based and multi-agent solutions.
• Own end-to-end delivery from architecture to production deployment.
• Mentor developers and drive technical design decisions.
• Work with architects, stakeholders, and customers.

Skills

Python

AWS Cloud

Team leadership

Agent orchestration

Tools

Bedrock

SageMaker

ECS/EKS

LangGraph

AutoGen

Job description

Tech Lead Agentic AI (AWS)

Experience: 10+ years (3+ years delivering GenAI/RAG solutions in production)

Location: Chennai

We're looking for a Tech Lead to drive the technical implementation of Agentic AI solutions on AWS. You'll lead a development team, design multi-agent workflows, and take solutions from development through production while mentoring engineers along the way.

You'll do:

• Lead teams building Agentic AI applications on AWS
• Design RAG-based and multi-agent solutions using LangGraph, AutoGen, or similar
• Own end-to-end delivery from architecture to production deployment
• Mentor developers and drive technical design decisions
• Work directly with architects, stakeholders, and customers

You should have:

• Strong Python and hands-on AWS experience (Bedrock, SageMaker, ECS/EKS)
• Proven experience leading technical teams
• Solid grasp of agent orchestration, guardrails, and responsible AI practices