Senior AI/ML Engineer — Agentic AI (Remote)

Cognizant; Jackson (MS); Remote; USD 113,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

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, full-time position offers flexible work arrangements and opportunities to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

You will develop scalable AI workflows, evaluate models for reliability, and deploy using MLOps/LLMOps practices while integrating enterprise data sources.

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

AI/ML experience

Python

LLM/Agentic AI

LangChain/LangGraph

RAG frameworks

Model evaluation

MLOps/LLMOps

Tools

Azure OpenAI

OpenAI

Anthropic

Gemini

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, full-time position offers flexible work arrangements and opportunities to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

You will develop scalable AI workflows, evaluate models for reliability, and deploy using MLOps/LLMOps practices while integrating enterprise data sources.