Senior AI-Driven SDLC Engineer

Cognizant; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays/PTO

401(k) plan

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking AI-forward engineers to integrate AI across the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements through deployment and support, with an emphasis on AI-assisted testing, DevOps, and code generation. The role values hands-on experience with Copilot, AI frameworks, and RAG patterns to optimize development workflows.

This onsite role in the Atlanta, GA area requires the ability to quantify business outcomes from AI adoption, such as reduced cycle times and improved

Qualifications

• Experience applying AI to requirements analysis and design.
• Hands-on with AI-driven code generation and refactoring.
• Experience with AI-assisted testing, automation, and regression strategies.
• Proficiency in AI-enabled DevOps, code review, and documentation generation.
• Familiarity with GitHub Copilot, Agentic frameworks, prompt engineering, and RAG patterns.
• Ability to quantify business outcomes from AI adoption (cycle time, quality, etc).

Responsibilities

• Identify AI-first engineers across the SDLC with AI exposure.
• Leverage AI across the full software development lifecycle, including modernization initiatives.
• Quantify business outcomes from AI adoption (cycle time, code quality, testing effort).

Skills

AI-assisted requirements analysis

AI-driven code generation

AI-assisted testing

AI-enabled DevOps

AI-assisted developer workflows

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Agentic AI frameworks

Prompt engineering

RAG patterns

AI-enabled workflows

Job description

Cognizant is seeking AI-forward engineers to integrate AI across the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements through deployment and support, with an emphasis on AI-assisted testing, DevOps, and code generation. The role values hands-on experience with Copilot, AI frameworks, and RAG patterns to optimize development workflows.

This onsite role in the Atlanta, GA area requires the ability to quantify business outcomes from AI adoption, such as reduced cycle times and improved