Remote AI Data Engineer - Cloud Data Pipelines

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Montpelier (VT); Remote; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare insurance

401(k) plan

Disability coverage

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking an AI Data Engineer to design, build, and optimize scalable cloud-native data engineering solutions that enable AI-driven applications. You will work with AWS services and platforms to deliver data pipelines and production-grade Python code across the AWS ecosystem.

You will translate business requirements into technical designs, review AI-generated code, and contribute to a robust data platform with tools like Glue, DMS, Kafka, Airflow, and

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on Python development experience with demonstrated success delivering production-quality code.
• Proven data engineering experience building, deploying, and supporting scalable data pipelines and processing solutions.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS services and cloud-native data engineering architectures.
• Experience with AWS Glue, AWS DMS, Kafka, Airflow, or Snowflake.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools to accelerate software engineering while maintaining rigor.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support scalable data pipelines and processing solutions using modern cloud-native technologies.
• Build production-grade Python applications and AWS Lambda functions that integrate with enterprise platforms and AWS services.
• Develop and enhance data platforms using AWS Glue, AWS DMS, Kafka, Airflow, and Snowflake.
• Translate business and technical requirements into engineering designs and acceptance criteria.
• Review, test, debug, and optimize AI-generated code before production deployment.

Skills

Python development

Data engineering

AWS services

Cloud-native architectures

AI-assisted development tools

Requirements translation

Code review & debugging

AWS Lambda

Tools

AWS Glue

AWS DMS

Apache Kafka

Apache Airflow

Snowflake

Claude Code

Kiro

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking an AI Data Engineer to design, build, and optimize scalable cloud-native data engineering solutions that enable AI-driven applications. You will work with AWS services and platforms to deliver data pipelines and production-grade Python code across the AWS ecosystem.

You will translate business requirements into technical designs, review AI-generated code, and contribute to a robust data platform with tools like Glue, DMS, Kafka, Airflow, and