Frontier AI Engineer (Agentic) – Hybrid & Impactful

Cognizant; Hartford (CT); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 110,000; 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 Forward is seeking a Frontier Engineer (AI/Agentic) to help build scalable, secure AI-enabled solutions that reimagine client processes. You will collaborate with engineers, architects, data scientists, and AI practitioners in a small, cross-functional pod.

The role supports AI-enabled applications, agentic workflows, and automation, with a focus on quality, performance, and business relevance. Hybrid work across multiple client locations is supported, with flexibility for work-life

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

Software development

AI

Cloud technologies

Data engineering

Automation

Analytical skills

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

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

The role supports AI-enabled applications, agentic workflows, and automation, with a focus on quality, performance, and business relevance. Hybrid work across multiple client locations is supported, with flexibility for work-life