Senior AI/ML Engineer — Agentic AI (Remote)

Cognizant; Nashville (TN); Remote; USD 113,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

401(k) plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer for the Agentic AI program in a remote, full-time capacity. You will design, build, and deploy enterprise AI solutions leveraging LLMs, Agentic AI, and RAG architectures, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver production-ready AI applications.

You will implement scalable architectures with memory, workflow orchestration, and governance, evaluate model performance, and integrate 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

Agentic AI concepts

Python

LLMs / OpenAI platforms

MLOps / LLMOps

Model evaluation

Workflow orchestration

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

LlamaIndex

Azure OpenAI

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer for the Agentic AI program in a remote, full-time capacity. You will design, build, and deploy enterprise AI solutions leveraging LLMs, Agentic AI, and RAG architectures, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver production-ready AI applications.

You will implement scalable architectures with memory, workflow orchestration, and governance, evaluate model performance, and integrate enterprise data sources.