Gen AI Architect: Agentic AI & LLM (Remote)

Cognizant; Cheyenne (WY); Remote; USD 103,000 - 163,000; 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 is seeking a Gen AI Architect (Agentic AI & LLM) to lead architecture and development of scalable Generative AI solutions for enterprise applications. You will guide technical strategy, establish standards, and mentor engineers across teams.

You will drive production-grade AI solutions, from design to deployment, including governance, observability, and performance optimization. This remote US role emphasizes innovation and reliability.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems, enterprise platforms, or complex software applications.
• Proven success delivering production-grade AI and LLM-powered solutions, including agentic AI systems, RAG platforms, or intelligent automation.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop enterprise-scale Generative AI applications utilizing LLMs, RAG, structured data, workflow automation, and intelligent orchestration.
• Design and implement Agentic AI solutions using LangGraph, LangChain, or similar frameworks to support complex reasoning, memory management, tool integration, and human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Build scalable and fault-tolerant workflow orchestration solutions using Temporal or similar technologies.
• Define AI platform architectures covering model routing, prompt lifecycle management, observability, experimentation, governance, and production deployment.
• Establish evaluation frameworks for AI solutions, including offline testing, regression analysis, trace diagnostics, and business outcome measurement.
• Lead end-to-end product delivery, from architecture and development through deployment and operational support.
• Drive engineering best practices focused on scalability, performance, reliability, security, and maintainability.
• Mentor engineering teams and foster a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and continuous learning.

Skills

Technical leadership

Distributed systems design

Generative AI

Mentoring engineers

Strategic thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in CS/Engineering

Tools

LangGraph

LangChain

AutoGen

ReactJS

Node.js

Temporal

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Gen AI Architect (Agentic AI & LLM) to lead architecture and development of scalable Generative AI solutions for enterprise applications. You will guide technical strategy, establish standards, and mentor engineers across teams.

You will drive production-grade AI solutions, from design to deployment, including governance, observability, and performance optimization. This remote US role emphasizes innovation and reliability.