Cognizant

Sr AI/ML Engineer

Cognizant
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Base Salary

$88k - $135k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and deploy production-grade AI and machine learning solutions.
  • Build and maintain generative AI and agentic AI applications using multi-agent orchestration frameworks.
  • Develop RAG and Natural Language-to-SQL applications.
  • Create and optimize LLM evaluation, monitoring, observability, and governance frameworks.
  • Design scalable NLP solutions for classification, semantic search, topic modeling, sentiment analysis, and embedding-based applications.
  • Develop and deploy machine learning models using statistical and deep learning techniques.
  • Build data pipelines and AI workflows using Python, PySpark, SQL, and cloud-native technologies.
  • Implement MLOps practices including CI/CD, model validation, monitoring, drift detection, and automated quality controls.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders, architects, data engineers, and business teams to deliver scalable AI solutions.
  • Ensure AI systems meet enterprise governance, security, compliance, and responsible AI standards.
  • Contribute to AI platform architecture, modernization initiatives, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, engineering, mathematics, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of experience in machine learning, artificial intelligence, data science, or related disciplines.
  • Strong hands-on experience developing and deploying enterprise AI/ML solutions in production environments.
  • Experience with generative AI, RAG, agent-based systems, prompt engineering, and LLM evaluation.
  • Expertise in Python and AI/ML libraries including PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-Learn, and Hugging Face.
  • Experience with LangGraph and/or LangChain for AI application development.
  • Strong knowledge of NLP techniques including classification, semantic similarity, embeddings, clustering, and topic modeling.
  • Experience designing scalable data pipelines using SQL and PySpark.
  • Experience deploying solutions on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
  • Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Experience implementing MLOps practices including model deployment, monitoring, validation, CI/CD, and observability.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to translate technical concepts into business value.

Benefits

  • Remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States, subject to business, project, and client requirements.
  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, subject to eligibility.
  • Paid holidays and paid time off.
  • 401(k) plan and contributions.
  • Long-term and short-term disability coverage.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program based on performance and applicable plan terms.
Cognizant

About Cognizant

10,000+ employees

Cognizant is a public IT services and consulting firm that designs, builds, and runs enterprise technology, including digital engineering, cloud modernization, data/AI, and managed services. It sells consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing on multi-year engagements to large enterprises in healthcare, banking, retail, communications, and manufacturing. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, Cognizant is NASDAQ-listed (CTSH) and a Fortune 500 company.

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