AI Frontier Engineer (Agentic) – Hybrid, Impactful AI

Cognizant; Providence (RI); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Frontier Engineer (AI/Agentic) to help build scalable, secure, and cost-optimized AI-enabled solutions within the Cognizant Forward team. You will collaborate with engineers, architects, data scientists, and AI practitioners in a small cross-functional pod.

Hybrid work is supported with 3-4 days in office locations across Plano, TX; Teaneck, NJ; Bridgewater, NJ or client sites nationwide. Salary is $100,000 with eligibility for an annual incentive program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, Cyber Security, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline.
• Recent graduate or early-career professional with technical experience gained through coursework, internships, co-ops, research, military experience, certifications, hackathons, capstone projects, or personal projects.
• Demonstrated interest in software development, cloud technologies, artificial intelligence, data engineering, or automation.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, with strong written and verbal communication.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and the ability to collaborate effectively in a team-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

• Use AI-assisted and augmented development tools to build, test, debug, deploy, and enhance software solutions and scalable, secure systems.
• Support the development of AI-enabled applications, agentic workflows, and automation solutions, including context and harness engineering.
• Help evaluate AI-generated outputs for quality, accuracy, performance, and business relevance.
• Contribute to knowledge and context systems, retrieval workflows, testing, deployment, monitoring, documentation, and operational support.
• Apply responsible AI principles and engineering best practices while continuously learning new tools and technologies.

Skills

Analytical skills

Troubleshooting

Problem-solving

Written/verbal communication

Curiosity/adaptability

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IS/DS/Engineering/Cyber Security/Math or related field

Recent graduate or early-career professional with technical experience

Tools

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Frontier Engineer (AI/Agentic) to help build scalable, secure, and cost-optimized AI-enabled solutions within the Cognizant Forward team. You will collaborate with engineers, architects, data scientists, and AI practitioners in a small cross-functional pod.

Hybrid work is supported with 3-4 days in office locations across Plano, TX; Teaneck, NJ; Bridgewater, NJ or client sites nationwide. Salary is $100,000 with eligibility for an annual incentive program.