Senior AI/ML Manager for Agentic AI & LLM Workflows Remote

Cognizant; Lansing (MI); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Manager - AI/ML Engineer to design, build, and deploy enterprise AI solutions leveraging LLMs, Agentic AI, and RAG architectures. You will lead cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and production-ready AI applications.

In this remote role, you will oversee architecture, evaluation, and deployment of AI workflows, staying current with MLOps/LLMOps practices while ensuring governance and high-quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in AI/ML, Data Science, or Software Engineering.
• Strong understanding of ML 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/Data Science/Software

ML algorithms evaluation metrics

Agentic AI (LLMs, RAG, memory)

OpenAI/Azure OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini

Python & AI frameworks (LangChain, LLM

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Manager - AI/ML Engineer to design, build, and deploy enterprise AI solutions leveraging LLMs, Agentic AI, and RAG architectures. You will lead cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and production-ready AI applications.

In this remote role, you will oversee architecture, evaluation, and deployment of AI workflows, staying current with MLOps/LLMOps practices while ensuring governance and high-quality outcomes.