Senior AI Platform Architect & Full-Stack Engineer

Cognizant; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Disability benefits

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Principal Full-Stack AI Engineer - Platform Architect to lead the design of a next-generation enterprise AI platform, focusing on core services, orchestration, and governance. You will drive architecture standards and mentor teams in cloud-native practices.

The role emphasizes leadership, delivery of scalable AI capabilities, and collaboration with enterprise stakeholders across NY offices on hybrid days.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Python and at least one of Go/Java/TypeScript.
• Experience building and operating large-scale production software platforms.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes, containers, Terraform, CI/CD, cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core architecture, frameworks, and shared services for enterprise AI platforms and agent ecosystems.
• Develop scalable AI capabilities including model orchestration, lifecycle management, governance, observability, and memory services.
• Create reusable tools and automation to accelerate AI agent development and deployment.
• Define best practices for cloud-native engineering, security, CI/CD, IaC, and platform reliability.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership through architecture reviews.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

TypeScript

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Cloud-native architectures

Generative AI

LLMs

Agent frameworks

RAG

Security

Governance

Observability

Leadership

Tools

GCP

GKE

Vertex AI

BigQuery

IAM

MLflow

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Principal Full-Stack AI Engineer - Platform Architect to lead the design of a next-generation enterprise AI platform, focusing on core services, orchestration, and governance. You will drive architecture standards and mentor teams in cloud-native practices.

The role emphasizes leadership, delivery of scalable AI capabilities, and collaboration with enterprise stakeholders across NY offices on hybrid days.