Frontier AI Engineer - Agentic & Scalable Solutions

Cognizant; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Job summary

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

This role supports AI-assisted development, context and harness engineering, and responsible AI practices while continuously learning new tools.

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

Cloud technologies

Artificial intelligence

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Git

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

APIs

Job description

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

This role supports AI-assisted development, context and harness engineering, and responsible AI practices while continuously learning new tools.