AI Frontier Engineer (Agentic) — Hybrid, Impact-Driven

Cognizant; Lansing (MI); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Paid Time Off

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Frontier Engineer (AI/Agentic) to help build scalable, secure AI-enabled solutions that reimagine business processes. You will work with engineers, architects, data scientists, and AI practitioners in a cross-functional pod.

We value collaboration, cloud experience, and a solid foundation in software development. A bachelor’s degree in a technical field is required, with hands-on project experience in AI-enabled workflows and automation.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a team-oriented environment.
• Hands-on experience in software development and cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

• Use AI-assisted tools to build, test, deploy, and enhance software solutions and scalable, secure systems.
• Support AI-enabled applications, agentic workflows, and automation solutions.
• Evaluate AI-generated outputs for quality, accuracy, performance, and business relevance.
• Contribute to knowledge and context systems, retrieval workflows, testing, deployment, monitoring, and documentation.

Skills

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Frontier Engineer (AI/Agentic) to help build scalable, secure AI-enabled solutions that reimagine business processes. You will work with engineers, architects, data scientists, and AI practitioners in a cross-functional pod.

We value collaboration, cloud experience, and a solid foundation in software development. A bachelor’s degree in a technical field is required, with hands-on project experience in AI-enabled workflows and automation.