Frontier Engineer: AI/Agentic Systems (Remote/Hybrid)

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Montpelier (VT); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Disability Insurance

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Frontier Engineer (AI/Agentic) to help build scalable, cost-efficient AI-enabled solutions alongside engineers, data scientists, and AI practitioners. You will work in a cross-functional pod within the Cognizant Forward team to deliver measurable outcomes for clients.

You will design and develop full-stack and backend applications, APIs, databases, and cloud-native components while applying responsible AI practices and staying current with new tools and AI technologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical discipline is required.
• Experience with one or more programming languages (Java, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or C#).
• Foundational software engineering principles: OOP, data structures, algorithms, testing, debugging, design.
• Exposure to full-stack or backend development concepts, APIs, databases, and integration.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build AI-enabled software applications, APIs, and scalable, secure systems using AI-assisted tools.
• Develop AI-enabled applications, agentic workflows, and automation solutions.
• Design, develop, integrate, and support full-stack apps, backend services, APIs, databases, and cloud components.
• Evaluate AI-generated outputs for quality, accuracy, performance, and business relevance.
• Contribute to knowledge/context systems, retrieval workflows, testing, deployment, monitoring, and docs.
• Apply responsible AI principles and best software practices while learning new tools.

Skills

Java

Python

JavaScript

TypeScript

C#

Education

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

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Frontier Engineer (AI/Agentic) to help build scalable, cost-efficient AI-enabled solutions alongside engineers, data scientists, and AI practitioners. You will work in a cross-functional pod within the Cognizant Forward team to deliver measurable outcomes for clients.

You will design and develop full-stack and backend applications, APIs, databases, and cloud-native components while applying responsible AI practices and staying current with new tools and AI technologies.