Cognizant

Distinguished Frontier Engineer (d/f/m)

Cognizant
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3 days ago
Frankfurt, GermanyStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Design AI-native enterprise architectures and human-agent capability matrices.
  • Author guardrail specifications and boundary documentation for enterprise agentic systems.
  • Lead client architecture review workshops and produce context-pipeline blueprints.
  • Govern ADLC adoption and define standards for AI-generated code quality.
  • Architect responsible-AI frameworks covering bias detection, explainability, regulated decisioning, and audit trails.
  • Technically lead cohorts of Frontier Engineers and Masters and mentor Frontier talent.
  • Define AI integration, evaluation, orchestration, and delivery standards across large portfolios.

Requirements

  • 12–20 years of experience with enterprise AI architecture leadership.
  • Deep expertise in AI-native enterprise architecture and context-pipeline architecture at scale.
  • Strong background in guardrail specification and responsible-AI framework design, including regulated AI decisioning.
  • Experience with ADLC delivery governance and cross-platform AI integration strategy.
  • Skills in frontier-model evaluation and red-teaming, AIOps orchestration architecture, and human-agent capability modelling.
  • Technical leadership, client advisory, architecture workshop, AI quality, and agentic-system evaluation experience.
  • Domain fluency, contextual judgment, and a strong business-outcome orientation.

Benefits

  • Hybrid position based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, requiring three days per week in a client or Cognizant office.
  • Work arrangements may change based on project and business or client requirements.
  • Wellbeing programs supporting work-life balance.

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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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