Principal AI Platform Architect - Full-Stack Engineer

Cognizant; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant in New York, NY invites a Principal Full-Stack AI Engineer - Platform Architect to lead design and development of a next-generation enterprise AI platform, architect core services, set engineering standards, and deliver scalable AI-powered applications.

This hybrid role requires hands-on building production-grade platforms, cloud-native practices, and mentoring engineers, with opportunities to guide governance, observability, and lifecycle management across the stack.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience building and operating large-scale production software platforms.
• Strong Python plus another language (Go/Java/TypeScript) required.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes, containers, Terraform, CI/CD, and cloud-native architectures.
• Deep knowledge of Generative AI, LLMs, agent frameworks, RAG, and AI platform technologies.
• Experience implementing security, governance, observability, and enterprise-scale platform controls.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives and influence engineering strategy.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the core architecture, frameworks, and shared services that power enterprise AI platforms and agent ecosystems.
• Develop scalable AI capabilities including model orchestration, lifecycle management, governance, observability, and memory services.
• Create reusable tools, patterns, and automation that accelerate AI agent development and deployment.
• Establish best practices for cloud-native engineering, security, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and platform reliability.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership through architecture reviews and engineering excellence.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

TypeScript

Generative AI

Agent frameworks

RAG

Orchestration

Security & governance

Leadership & strategy

Tools

Kubernetes

Containers

Terraform

CI/CD

Cloud-native

GKE

Vertex AI

Job description

Cognizant in New York, NY invites a Principal Full-Stack AI Engineer - Platform Architect to lead design and development of a next-generation enterprise AI platform, architect core services, set engineering standards, and deliver scalable AI-powered applications.

This hybrid role requires hands-on building production-grade platforms, cloud-native practices, and mentoring engineers, with opportunities to guide governance, observability, and lifecycle management across the stack.