Senior AI/ML Lead for Agentic AI & LLMOps (Remote)

Cognizant; Cheyenne (WY); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; 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 Manager to lead enterprise AI initiatives, leveraging LLMs, Agentic AI, and RAG architectures. This remote role partners with cross‑functional teams to design, build, and deploy production‑grade AI solutions.

You will drive architecture, governance, and MLOps practices, mentor engineers, and ensure scalable, secure AI applications across the organization.

Qualifications

• 12+ 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

12+ years AI/ML

ML algorithms

Agentic AI

LLMs

Python

LangChain

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

LlamaIndex

MLOps/LLMOps

AI governance

prompt engineering

Tools

OpenAI

Azure OpenAI

Anthropic

Gemini

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AI/ML Manager to lead enterprise AI initiatives, leveraging LLMs, Agentic AI, and RAG architectures. This remote role partners with cross‑functional teams to design, build, and deploy production‑grade AI solutions.

You will drive architecture, governance, and MLOps practices, mentor engineers, and ensure scalable, secure AI applications across the organization.