AI Frontier Engineer: Agentic & Scalable Solutions

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life

Paid holidays

401(k) plan

Disability

Parental leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Forward is seeking a Frontier Engineer (AI/Agentic) to help build scalable, secure AI-enabled solutions. You will collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and AI practitioners in a small cross-functional pod to deliver measurable outcomes for clients.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled and agentic workflows, full-stack or backend development, APIs, databases, and cloud-native components. Starts in Jan 2027 or Jun 2027 and offers a hybrid/remote work arrangement with competitive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Experience with Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or C#.
• Foundational knowledge of OOP, data structures, algorithms, testing, debugging, and design.
• Exposure to full-stack or backend development, APIs, databases, and cloud-native components.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Use AI-assisted and augmented development tools to build, test, deploy, and enhance software applications, APIs, and scalable, secure systems.
• Support the development of AI-enabled applications, agentic workflows, and automation solutions.
• Design, develop, integrate, and support full-stack applications, backend services, APIs, databases, and cloud components.
• Evaluate AI-generated outputs for quality, accuracy, performance, and relevance.
• Contribute to knowledge and context systems, testing, deployment, monitoring, and documentation.
• Apply responsible AI principles and best practices while learning new tools.

Skills

Java

Python

JavaScript

TypeScript

C#

OOP

APIs

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS / Software Engineering / IS / Data Science

Tools

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Git

CI/CD

Containers

Job description

Cognizant Forward is seeking a Frontier Engineer (AI/Agentic) to help build scalable, secure AI-enabled solutions. You will collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and AI practitioners in a small cross-functional pod to deliver measurable outcomes for clients.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled and agentic workflows, full-stack or backend development, APIs, databases, and cloud-native components. Starts in Jan 2027 or Jun 2027 and offers a hybrid/remote work arrangement with competitive