Senior AI Architect — Hybrid, Agentic AI & LLMs

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Somerset (NJ); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior AI Architect to define and deliver enterprise-grade Agentic AI architectures built on LLMs, multi-agent systems, and orchestration layers. You will collaborate with engineering leads, data platform teams, and client stakeholders to shape AI strategy.

The role requires 12+ years of experience, expertise with Claude Code, and strong Python and cloud platform skills.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of overall experience.
• Mandatory expertise in Claude Code.
• Proven experience architecting GenAI and Agentic AI solutions: LLMs, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG, embeddings, vector databases, and multi-agent architectures and agent frameworks.
• Strong programming skills in Python with hands-on experience in AI libraries.
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Azure (Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Studio, Databricks), or AWS or GCP.
• Experience with data engineering ecosystems (Databricks, Snowflake, Synapse), REST APIs, microservices, and event streaming (Kafka, Event Hub).
• Working knowledge of DevOps and MLOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, monitoring, logging, and experiment tracking.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end Agentic AI architecture frameworks leveraging LLMs, multi-agent systems, and orchestration layers.
• Design autonomous AI agents capable of planning, reasoning, memory management, and tool usage.
• Establish reference architectures for enterprise-grade AI applications that are cloud-native, scalable, and secure.
• Integrate AI agents with enterprise systems, including data platforms, ERP, CRM, APIs, and event-driven systems.
• Apply Claude Code expertise to design and deliver AI-driven solutions (mandatory for this role).

Skills

Claude Code

GenAI

LLMs

Prompt engineering

Fine-tuning

RAG

Embeddings

Multi-agent architectures

Agent frameworks

Python

AI libraries

Cloud platforms

Databricks

Snowflake

Synapse

REST APIs

Microservices

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Azure AI Studio

Databricks

AWS

GCP

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior AI Architect to define and deliver enterprise-grade Agentic AI architectures built on LLMs, multi-agent systems, and orchestration layers. You will collaborate with engineering leads, data platform teams, and client stakeholders to shape AI strategy.

The role requires 12+ years of experience, expertise with Claude Code, and strong Python and cloud platform skills.