Senior AI/ML Engineer — Agentic AI & LLMs (Remote)

Cognizant; Englewood (CO); Remote; USD 113,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Paid holidays

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced AI/ML Engineer to design, build, and deploy enterprise AI solutions using LLMs, Agentic AI, and RAG architectures. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, production-ready AI applications.

The role emphasizes LLMs, agent-based workflows, and governance, with a strong focus on MLOps/LLMOps practices. Remote work is available for qualified applicants and competitive compensation is offered.

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 AI/ML

Agentic AI

LLMs & RAG

Python

LangChain/LangGraph

LLMOps

OpenAI/Azure OpenAI

Tools

LangChain

Semantic Kernel

LlamaIndex

LangGraph

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced AI/ML Engineer to design, build, and deploy enterprise AI solutions using LLMs, Agentic AI, and RAG architectures. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, production-ready AI applications.

The role emphasizes LLMs, agent-based workflows, and governance, with a strong focus on MLOps/LLMOps practices. Remote work is available for qualified applicants and competitive compensation is offered.