22 hours ago
San Jose, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$140k - $160k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define enterprise AI architecture strategy, roadmaps, standards, and governance frameworks.
- Architect scalable GenAI, agentic AI, ML, and cloud-native solutions.
- Design AI platforms using LLMs, RAG, vector databases, APIs, and cloud services.
- Build proofs of concept and prototypes to validate business use cases.
- Establish Responsible AI practices, model governance standards, and production-readiness criteria.
- Drive adoption of AWS, Azure, and GCP cloud-native architectures.
- Integrate AI solutions with Salesforce, ServiceNow, ERP, finance, and payments systems.
- Advise client executives, business stakeholders, and delivery leadership.
- Support pre-sales, solutioning, architecture reviews, and strategic client workshops.
- Mentor architects and engineering teams and promote reusable AI patterns and accelerators.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or technology consulting.
- Experience delivering enterprise-scale AI, cloud, and digital transformation programs.
- Expertise in Generative AI, Agentic AI, Large Language Models, RAG, and AI governance.
- Strong experience with AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
- Experience designing microservices, APIs, Kubernetes, Docker, and event-driven architectures.
- Strong executive communication, consulting, and client engagement experience.
- Success leading AI initiatives from strategy through production deployment.
- Domain expertise in SaaS platforms, fintech and payments, enterprise software, financial operations, or high-tech/semiconductor.
- TOGAF Certification is preferred.
- AWS, Azure, or GCP architecture certifications are preferred.
- Experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, MLflow, vector databases, PyTorch, or TensorFlow is preferred.
- Experience with large-scale distributed systems, data platforms, and real-time decisioning architectures is preferred.
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.
Benefits
- Remote, full-time position.
- Annual discretionary incentive program based on performance and applicable plan terms.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- 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.
- Applications accepted until 11/07/2026.
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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.