Remote Gen AI Architect: Agentic AI & LLM Leader

Cognizant; Sacramento (CA); Remote; USD 103,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) plan

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Gen AI Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise Generative AI solutions, leveraging LLMs, agentic AI frameworks, and modern web technologies. You will shape architecture, governance, and execution across distributed systems while mentoring engineers.

The role is remote within the United States, enabling collaboration with product, engineering, and business teams to drive measurable AI-driven business value.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems or complex software.
• Proven success delivering production-grade AI and LLM-powered solutions including agentic AI.
• Hands-on experience with LangGraph, LangChain, AutoGen, or similar frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop enterprise-scale Generative AI applications using LLMs, RAG, and orchestration.
• Design AI platform architectures covering model routing, prompt lifecycle management, and observability.
• Mentor engineering teams and drive scalable, secure, and reliable solutions.

Skills

LangGraph

LangChain

AutoGen

LLMs

ReactJS

Node.js

Temporal

Engineerin​g Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Temporal

Cloud-native architectures

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Gen AI Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise Generative AI solutions, leveraging LLMs, agentic AI frameworks, and modern web technologies. You will shape architecture, governance, and execution across distributed systems while mentoring engineers.

The role is remote within the United States, enabling collaboration with product, engineering, and business teams to drive measurable AI-driven business value.