Frontier AI Engineer Remote/Hybrid, Build Scalable AI Apps

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Augusta (ME); 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 is seeking a Frontier Engineer (AI/Agentic) to help build scalable, cost-optimized AI-enabled solutions.

You will join the Cognizant Forward team and collaborate with engineers, architects, data scientists, and AI practitioners in a small cross-functional pod to deliver measurable client outcomes using AI-enabled development tools, APIs, and cloud-native components.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical discipline.
• Experience with Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or C#.
• Foundational knowledge of OOP, data structures, algorithms, testing, debugging, and design.
• Exposure to APIs, databases, architecture, and integration of frontend and backend systems.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, 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 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

Java

Python

JavaScript

TypeScript

C#

OOP

Data structures

Algorithms

Testing

Debugging

Application design

APIs

Databases

Architecture

Backend integration

Analytical skills

Communication

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Generative AI familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, Cyber Security, Mathematics, or related technical discipline

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Frontier Engineer (AI/Agentic) to help build scalable, cost-optimized AI-enabled solutions.

You will join the Cognizant Forward team and collaborate with engineers, architects, data scientists, and AI practitioners in a small cross-functional pod to deliver measurable client outcomes using AI-enabled development tools, APIs, and cloud-native components.