AI Solutions Engineer - Remote & Client-Facing

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Topeka (KS); Remote; USD 130,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) plan

ESPP

EAP

Paid holidays and PTO

Parental leave

Learning and development

Wellness resources

Career growth

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to partner with clients and rapidly design, build, and deploy AI, data, cloud, and digital solutions that deliver measurable outcomes.

You will serve as a trusted advisor, leading workshops and shaping scalable architectures. Remote role open to qualified applicants in the United States, with some travel to client sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture or similar roles.
• Strong programming in Python, Java, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Go.

Responsibilities

• Partner with client stakeholders to understand objectives and act as a trusted technical advisor.
• Lead discovery workshops, assessments, and solution envisioning sessions.
• Design, develop, and deploy cloud-native apps, APIs and microservices.
• Build and implement Generative AI, Agentic AI, ML, and RAG solutions, incl. AI copilots and intelligent workflows.
• Own technical delivery across client initiatives, driving production readiness and business outcomes.

Skills

Python

Java

C#

JavaScript/TypeScript

Go

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud Platform

APIs

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

LangChain

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

Vector databases

Knowledge graph

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

LLM platforms (Azure OpenAI/OpenAI/Anthropic Claude/Google Gemini)

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to partner with clients and rapidly design, build, and deploy AI, data, cloud, and digital solutions that deliver measurable outcomes.

You will serve as a trusted advisor, leading workshops and shaping scalable architectures. Remote role open to qualified applicants in the United States, with some travel to client sites as needed.