Cognizant

Principal Full-Stack AI Engineer - Hybrid

Cognizant
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Base Salary

$140k - $160k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and build core architecture, frameworks, and shared services for enterprise AI platforms and agent ecosystems.
  • Develop model orchestration, lifecycle management, governance, observability, and memory capabilities.
  • Create reusable tools, patterns, and automation for AI agent development and deployment.
  • Establish cloud-native engineering, security, infrastructure-as-code, and platform reliability practices.
  • Lead architecture reviews, complex technical initiatives, engineering strategy, mentoring, and technical leadership.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience building and operating large-scale, production-grade software platforms.
  • Strong expertise in Python and at least one additional language such as Go, Java, or TypeScript.
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containers, Terraform, CI/CD, and cloud-native architectures.
  • Deep knowledge of generative AI, LLMs, agent frameworks, RAG, orchestration, and AI platform technologies.
  • Experience implementing security, governance, observability, and enterprise-scale platform controls.
  • Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives and influence engineering strategy.
  • Preferred experience with Google Cloud Platform, GKE, Vertex AI, BigQuery, IAM, multi-agent systems, AI governance, model lifecycle management, MLflow, OpenTelemetry, Delta Lake, Iceberg, Ray, DeepSpeed, or vLLM.
  • Experience building enterprise AI platforms or developer enablement frameworks and strong mentoring and technical leadership experience.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • Paid holidays and paid time off.
  • 401(k) plan and contributions.
  • Long-term and short-term disability benefits.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Full-time hybrid work requiring designated days each week at a Cognizant or client office in New York, NY.
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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