AI Engineer - Cloud-Native AI Apps & Data Pipelines

Cognizant; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Paid Holidays

401(k) Plan

Disability Insurance

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a highly skilled Business & Data Analyst to join our IOA practice. You will design and deploy AI solutions, build data pipelines, and collaborate with analysts to translate client needs into scalable AI/ML systems.

Ideal candidates have a CS/Data Science/AI background, hands-on cloud AI experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and strong Python skills. This role is based in Dallas, TX with relocation support and a market-competitive salary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in CS, data science, AI, or related field.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Hands-on experience with at least one cloud AI platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Proficiency in Python; knowledge of LangChain, LangGraph, or similar agentic frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy full-stack AI apps using Python, LangChain, LangGraph, and related tools.
• Deploy agentic AI solutions across AWS, GCP, Azure.
• Develop and maintain data pipelines with Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, Spark, Airflow, and Kafka.
• Apply ML and NLG techniques with PyTorch, Scikit-learn, and R; deploy models in cloud platforms.
• Work with large-scale data platforms like Azure Synapse and Databricks SQL.
• Collaborate with business analysts to translate client requirements into scalable AI/ML solutions.
• Stay current with evolving AI frameworks and cloud-native tools.

Skills

Python

LangChain

LangGraph

RAG pipelines

AutoGen

CrewAI

Semantic Kernel

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/Data Science/AI

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a highly skilled Business & Data Analyst to join our IOA practice. You will design and deploy AI solutions, build data pipelines, and collaborate with analysts to translate client needs into scalable AI/ML systems.

Ideal candidates have a CS/Data Science/AI background, hands-on cloud AI experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and strong Python skills. This role is based in Dallas, TX with relocation support and a market-competitive salary.