Senior GenAI & Cloud-Native Architect

Cognizant Technology Solutions; Phoenix (AZ); Remote; USD 69,000 - 123,000; 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 Technology Solutions is seeking a Frontier Engineer in Phoenix, AZ to design and deliver AI-enabled applications and cloud-native solutions. You will apply Generative AI across the software lifecycle and work across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments to accelerate modernization.

You will collaborate with engineering teams to build scalable solutions and implement CI/CD, DevOps, and database engineering. This on-site role emphasizes strong polyglot development and responsible AI practices.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with hands-on Generative AI tools.
• Strong polyglot development with Java and Spring Boot plus modern technologies such as Angular, React, Node.js, and/or Python.
• Strong experience designing, developing, and integrating APIs within modern distributed or cloud-native applications.
• Hands-on expertise with MCP, RAG at scale, and grounding strategies, along with knowledge of knowledge graphs and ontology engineering.
• Experience designing or developing cloud-native solutions using AWS, Microsoft Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform.

Responsibilities

• Leverage Generative AI development tools such as Devin, Claude, Codex, GitHub Copilot, or similar technologies to accelerate software development, testing, and cloud-platform changes.
• Develop and enhance scalable API and user interface solutions using technologies including Java, Spring Boot, Angular, React, Node.js, and Python.
• Design and build cloud-native solutions across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, including CI/CD pipelines, DevOps capabilities, and database engineering.
• Architect enterprise-scale AI agent solutions, including trust layers, grounding strategies, and cross-agent governance frameworks that support responsible AI adoption.
• Work as a polyglot engineer across software development, quality engineering, cloud engineering, and database engineering to successfully deliver pilots and innovative technology solutions.

Skills

Generative AI

Java

Spring Boot

Angular

React

Node.js

Python

API design

MCP

RAG

Knowledge graphs

Ontology engineering

Cloud-native

AWS

Azure

GCP

DevOps

CI/CD

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions is seeking a Frontier Engineer in Phoenix, AZ to design and deliver AI-enabled applications and cloud-native solutions. You will apply Generative AI across the software lifecycle and work across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments to accelerate modernization.

You will collaborate with engineering teams to build scalable solutions and implement CI/CD, DevOps, and database engineering. This on-site role emphasizes strong polyglot development and responsible AI practices.