Senior AI/ML Engineer: Agentic AI & LLM Architect (Remote)

Cognizant; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 113,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to design, build, and deploy enterprise AI solutions leveraging LLMs, Agentic AI, and RAG architectures. This remote role offers the opportunity to collaborate across teams on production-ready AI applications.

Responsibilities include building AI solutions with LLMs, designing scalable architectures, evaluating systems for accuracy and hallucinations, and deploying via MLOps/LLMOps practices. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in AI/ML, Data Science, or Software Engineering.
• Strong understanding of machine learning algorithms, evaluation metrics, and model validation techniques.
• Expertise in Agentic AI concepts, including LLMs, RAG, memory, reasoning, and prompt engineering.
• Hands-on experience building AI solutions using OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or similar platforms.
• Experience with Python and AI frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, or LlamaIndex.
• Proven experience evaluating AI systems, detecting hallucinations, and measuring model performance.
• Knowledge of scalable architecture, workflow orchestration, and AI governance.
• Experience deploying production AI solutions using MLOps/LLMOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Build AI solutions using LLMs, agents, and RAG frameworks.
• Design scalable AI architectures with workflow orchestration, memory, and state management.
• Evaluate AI systems for quality, hallucinations, regression, and agent effectiveness.
• Integrate enterprise data sources and develop intelligent AI workflows.
• Deploy and manage AI applications using LLMOps/MLOps best practices.

Skills

8+ years experience

ML algorithms

Evaluation metrics

Model validation

Agentic AI

LLMs

RAG

Memory

Reasoning

Prompt engineering

AI evaluation

Detect hallucinations

Model performance

Scalable architecture

Workflow orchestration

AI governance

MLOps

LLMOps

Tools

OpenAI

Azure OpenAI

Anthropic

Gemini

Other platforms

Python

LangChain

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

LlamaIndex

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to design, build, and deploy enterprise AI solutions leveraging LLMs, Agentic AI, and RAG architectures. This remote role offers the opportunity to collaborate across teams on production-ready AI applications.

Responsibilities include building AI solutions with LLMs, designing scalable architectures, evaluating systems for accuracy and hallucinations, and deploying via MLOps/LLMOps practices. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.