Frontier AI Engineer: Agentic Systems & Automation

Cognizant; Saint Paul (MN); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; 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 seeks a Frontier Engineer (AI/Agentic) to help build scalable, secure AI-enabled solutions for clients. You will collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and AI practitioners in a cross-functional pod to drive measurable outcomes.

You will contribute to AI-enabled applications, agentic workflows, and automation, applying responsible AI principles while expanding your toolkit and knowledge across NLU, retrieval systems, testing, and deployment.

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

Python

Java

JavaScript

TypeScript

C#

Cloud platforms

Git

AI/ML concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering / Information Systems

Tools

Git

APIs

Job description

Cognizant Forward seeks a Frontier Engineer (AI/Agentic) to help build scalable, secure AI-enabled solutions for clients. You will collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and AI practitioners in a cross-functional pod to drive measurable outcomes.

You will contribute to AI-enabled applications, agentic workflows, and automation, applying responsible AI principles while expanding your toolkit and knowledge across NLU, retrieval systems, testing, and deployment.