Hybrid Frontier AI Engineer (Agentic)

Cognizant; Dover (DE); 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 is seeking a Frontier Engineer (AI/Agentic) to help build scalable, secure AI-enabled solutions within Cognizant Forward. You will collaborate with engineers, architects, data scientists, and AI practitioners in a small cross-functional pod to reimagine business processes.

The hybrid role requires 3–4 days in offices in Plano, TX; Teaneck, NJ; Bridgewater, NJ or client sites such as NY, SF, DFW, Chicago, Charlotte, Boston, Phoenix, Atlanta or LA, with flexibility and a strong focus on

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical discipline.
• Recent graduate or early-career professional with technical experience from 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

Bachelor's degree

Software engineering

Cloud technologies

AI enthusiasm

Team collaboration

Education

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

Tools

Git

APIs

Azure/AWS/Google Cloud

AI development tools

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Frontier Engineer (AI/Agentic) to help build scalable, secure AI-enabled solutions within Cognizant Forward. You will collaborate with engineers, architects, data scientists, and AI practitioners in a small cross-functional pod to reimagine business processes.

The hybrid role requires 3–4 days in offices in Plano, TX; Teaneck, NJ; Bridgewater, NJ or client sites such as NY, SF, DFW, Chicago, Charlotte, Boston, Phoenix, Atlanta or LA, with flexibility and a strong focus on