Senior Agentic AI Engineer (Remote) — Multi-Agent Systems

Cognizant; Saint Paul (MN); Remote; USD 90,000 - 100,000; 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 is seeking an experienced AI/Cloud engineer to lead a development team across onshore and offshore, shaping architecture and delivering client-centered solutions.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, design, and collaboration with QA/UAT, with a flexible remote setup for qualified applicants in Minneapolis, MN. A strong focus on AWS Bedrock, agent orchestration, and responsible AI underpins the position.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with conversational AI and agentic platforms (MUST).
• AWS Bedrock, Bedrock AgentCore, and Strands SDK proficiency required.
• Experience building production-grade Generative AI apps and multi-agent workflows.
• Strong knowledge of prompt engineering, RAG, and secure AI patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead Dev team across onshore and offshore and deliver architecture-based solutions.
• Hands-on development, design, and implementation per client requirements.
• Collaborate with QA/UAT and support deployment and monitoring.

Skills

AWS Lex

Bedrock

Bedrock AgentCore

Agentic AI

LLM orchestration

Prompt engineering

NLP & MLU

Security controls

Conversation design

RAG architectures

Tool integrations

Tools

AWS Lambda

Amazon Bedrock

S3

DynamoDB

API Gateway

IAM

CloudWatch

Bedrock AgentCore

Strands SDK

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced AI/Cloud engineer to lead a development team across onshore and offshore, shaping architecture and delivering client-centered solutions.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, design, and collaboration with QA/UAT, with a flexible remote setup for qualified applicants in Minneapolis, MN. A strong focus on AWS Bedrock, agent orchestration, and responsible AI underpins the position.