Claude Code-Driven Agentic AI Architect (Hybrid)

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Franklin Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior AI Architect to define and deliver enterprise-grade Agentic AI architectures built on LLMs, multi-agent systems, and orchestration layers.

You will collaborate with engineering leads, data platform teams, and client stakeholders to design autonomous AI agents, reference architectures, and cloud-native solutions that are secure and scalable. Hybrid work and multi-office collaboration in Charlotte, NC and Somerset, NJ are available.

Qualifications

• Twelve+ years of overall experience in AI/architecture roles.
• Mandatory expertise in Claude Code.
• Proven experience architecting GenAI and Agentic AI solutions: LLMs, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG, embeddings, vector databases, and multi-agent architectures and agent frameworks.
• Strong programming skills in Python with hands-on experience in AI libraries.
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure (Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Studio, Databricks), or AWS or GCP.
• Experience with data engineering ecosystems (Databricks, Snowflake, Synapse), REST APIs, microservices, and event streaming (Kafka, Event Hub).
• Working knowledge of DevOps and MLOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, monitoring, logging, and experiment tracking.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end Agentic AI architecture frameworks leveraging LLMs, multi-agent systems, and orchestration layers.
• Design autonomous AI agents capable of planning, reasoning, memory management, and tool usage.
• Establish reference architectures for enterprise-grade AI applications that are cloud-native, scalable, and secure.
• Integrate AI agents with enterprise systems, including data platforms, ERP, CRM, APIs, and event-driven systems.
• Apply Claude Code expertise to design and deliver AI-driven solutions (mandatory for this role).

Skills

Claude Code

GenAI

LLMs

Prompt engineering

Fine-tuning

RAG

Embeddings

Vector databases

Multi-agent architectures

Agent frameworks

Python

Azure OpenAI

Databricks

Snowflake

Synapse

REST APIs

Microservices

Kafka

Event Hub

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Monitoring

Logging

Experiment tracking

Tools

Claude Code

Azure OpenAI

Azure AI Studio

Databricks

Snowflake

Synapse

REST APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Event Hub

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior AI Architect to define and deliver enterprise-grade Agentic AI architectures built on LLMs, multi-agent systems, and orchestration layers.

You will collaborate with engineering leads, data platform teams, and client stakeholders to design autonomous AI agents, reference architectures, and cloud-native solutions that are secure and scalable. Hybrid work and multi-office collaboration in Charlotte, NC and Somerset, NJ are available.