Frontier AI Engineer (Agentic) – Remote/Hybrid

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Austin (TX); 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 Technology Solutions Corporation in the United States is seeking a Frontier Engineer (AI/Agentic) to help build scalable, cost-optimized, and secure AI-enabled solutions. You will collaborate with a cross-functional pod, design APIs, backend services, and cloud-native components, and apply responsible AI practices while staying current with emerging AI technologies.

Start dates January 2027 or June 2027; compensation includes eligibility for Cognizant's incentive program; remote or

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related tech discipline.
• Experience with Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or C# in software projects.
• Foundational knowledge of OOP, data structures, algorithms, testing, and design.
• Exposure to full-stack or backend concepts including APIs and databases.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Use AI-assisted and augmented development tools to build, test, debug, deploy, and enhance software applications, APIs, and scalable, secure systems.
• Support the development of AI-enabled applications, agentic workflows, and automation solutions, including context and harness engineering.
• Design, develop, integrate, and support full-stack applications, backend services, APIs, databases, and cloud-native application components.
• 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 software engineering best practices while continuously learning new tools and technologies.

Skills

Full-stack development

Backend development

API design

Databases

Cloud platforms

Java

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

C#

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Containerization

Cloud services (Azure/AWS/Google Cloud)

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation in the United States is seeking a Frontier Engineer (AI/Agentic) to help build scalable, cost-optimized, and secure AI-enabled solutions. You will collaborate with a cross-functional pod, design APIs, backend services, and cloud-native components, and apply responsible AI practices while staying current with emerging AI technologies.

Start dates January 2027 or June 2027; compensation includes eligibility for Cognizant's incentive program; remote or