Senior AI/ML Manager: Agentic AI Architect (Remote)

Cognizant; Jackson (MS); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

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 for Agentic AI (Remote). You will design, build, and deploy enterprise AI solutions leveraging LLMs, Agentic AI, and RAG architectures across cross-functional teams.

You will ensure scalable, secure, and production-ready AI applications with emphasis on governance, performance, and responsible AI practices. This role offers remote work with strong wellbeing programs and competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of AI/ML, data science, or software engineering experience.
• Strong ML algorithms, evaluation metrics, and model validation knowledge.
• Expertise in Agentic AI: LLMs, RAG, memory, reasoning, prompt engineering.
• Hands-on experience with OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or similar platforms.
• Experience with Python and AI frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, or LlamaIndex.
• Proven ability to evaluate AI systems, detect hallucinations, and measure 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 expertise

Data science experience

Software engineering experience

Model evaluation

Prompt engineering

Tools

OpenAI / Azure OpenAI

Anthropic

Gemini

LangChain

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

LlamaIndex

Python

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AI/ML Manager for Agentic AI (Remote). You will design, build, and deploy enterprise AI solutions leveraging LLMs, Agentic AI, and RAG architectures across cross-functional teams.

You will ensure scalable, secure, and production-ready AI applications with emphasis on governance, performance, and responsible AI practices. This role offers remote work with strong wellbeing programs and competitive compensation.