14 hours ago
Base Salary
$130k - $159k/yr
Responsibilities
- Partner with client stakeholders to understand business objectives, operational challenges, and technical requirements.
- Lead discovery workshops, technical assessments, solution envisioning sessions, architecture design, and implementation roadmaps.
- Design, develop, and deploy cloud-native applications, APIs, microservices, and enterprise integrations.
- Build and implement generative AI, agentic AI, machine learning, RAG, AI copilot, intelligent workflow, and autonomous agent solutions.
- Own technical delivery across client-facing initiatives, including rapid iteration, production readiness, adoption, and measurable business outcomes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, technical consulting, customer-facing engineering, or similar roles.
- Strong programming expertise in one or more of Python, Java, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Go.
- Experience developing cloud-native solutions on Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform using APIs, microservices, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, enterprise integrations, stakeholder management, and client-facing consulting engagements.
- Experience translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions and driving projects through production deployment.
- Preferred experience deploying generative AI, agentic AI, machine learning, advanced analytics, LLM platforms, AI frameworks, orchestration platforms, RAG architectures, and enterprise knowledge management solutions.
- Preferred experience with Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, vector databases, and knowledge graph solutions.
- Preferred experience working directly with clients in consulting, solution engineering, customer engineering, or forward deployed engineering roles.
Benefits
- Remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States.
- Occasional travel to client sites, Cognizant offices, workshops, solution design sessions, and project-related meetings may be required.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- 401(k) plan and company contributions.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Employee Assistance Program.
- Paid holidays, paid time off, paid parental leave, and fertility assistance programs.
- Learning and development programs, certifications, career advancement, internal mobility, wellness, and mental health resources.
- Eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program based on performance and applicable plan terms.
- Applications are accepted until November 30, 2026, subject to earlier closure.
Categories
Forward Deployed
About Cognizant
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.