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

Cognizant; Olympia (WA); Remote; USD 132,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid holidays

Paid Time Off

401(k) Plan

Disability Insurance

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. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and production-ready AI applications from remote locations.

In this role you will implement AI frameworks, evaluate systems for accuracy, and ensure robust governance and deployment using MLOps/LLMOps practices.

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

OpenAI/Azure OpenAI

Agentic AI

Python

LLMOps/MLOps

LangChain

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

LlamaIndex

Tools

OpenAI API

Azure OpenAI

Anthropic

Gemini

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. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and production-ready AI applications from remote locations.

In this role you will implement AI frameworks, evaluate systems for accuracy, and ensure robust governance and deployment using MLOps/LLMOps practices.