Cognizant

Gen AI Architect

Cognizant
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2 days ago
Charlotte, NC, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$100k - $150k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architecture, design, and hands-on development of enterprise Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions.
  • Architect and build scalable AI applications, copilots, intelligent agents, and reusable accelerators.
  • Design solutions using large language models, agent orchestration frameworks, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, vector databases, prompt engineering, and context engineering.
  • Develop cloud-based AI solutions using AWS Bedrock and modern cloud-native architecture patterns.
  • Establish reusable AI engineering patterns and utilities aligned with enterprise software engineering and CI/CD practices.
  • Evaluate and select LLMs, agent frameworks, and AI architecture patterns for enterprise use cases.
  • Integrate Generative AI capabilities into enterprise platforms, applications, and engineering workflows.
  • Collaborate with engineering, architecture, delivery, business, and client stakeholders on AI-first transformation initiatives.

Requirements

  • 18+ years of overall technology experience with strong hands-on expertise in software engineering, solution architecture, and cloud-native application development.
  • Proven experience designing and building production-grade Generative AI solutions using leading LLMs such as GPT, Claude, Gemini, or Llama.
  • Strong experience with Agentic AI, agent orchestration frameworks, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, vector databases, prompt engineering, and context engineering.
  • Hands-on experience architecting and developing cloud-based AI solutions, including AWS Bedrock.
  • Strong software engineering expertise and experience applying AI-assisted development and CI/CD practices to enterprise software delivery.
  • Experience using GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar AI-assisted development tools is preferred.
  • Experience developing reusable Generative AI accelerators, frameworks, utilities, or developer tooling is preferred.
  • Experience evaluating LLMs, agent frameworks, and AI architecture patterns and integrating Generative AI into enterprise environments is preferred.
  • Experience contributing to or leading AI-first transformation initiatives is preferred.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement requiring four days per week in a client or Cognizant office in Charlotte, North Carolina, subject to business 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 a discretionary annual incentive program based on performance and applicable plan terms.

Categories

Solutions Engineering
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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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