Cognizant

AI Engineer - Azure (Onsite)

Cognizant
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Washington, DC, USASenior
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Base Salary

$110k - $135k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement end-to-end RAG pipelines, including ingestion, embeddings, vector database management, and retrieval optimization.
  • Develop APIs that orchestrate retrieval, prompt handling, and model interaction.
  • Build multi-step agentic workflows with tool use and memory using Semantic Kernel, LangChain, or LangGraph.
  • Integrate Azure OpenAI models and tune prompts for accuracy, performance, and cost.
  • Implement observability, monitoring, and evaluation frameworks for quality, latency, and hallucination rates.
  • Deploy and manage containerized AI services on Azure and maintain scalable web applications using Python, Node.js, and React.
  • Apply responsible AI practices, guardrails, security controls, and compliance standards.

Requirements

  • Hands-on Python experience for backend services and automation.
  • Hands-on experience with LangChain and/or LangGraph.
  • Experience with RAG, embeddings, and vector search.
  • Hands-on experience with Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Search.
  • Proficiency with REST APIs, JSON, and Git.
  • Preferred experience with JavaScript, React, Node.js, Docker, Azure Container Apps, AKS, Azure Functions, Azure Monitor/Application Insights, and Key Vault.

Benefits

  • 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.
  • Onsite position; eligible for a discretionary annual incentive program based on performance.
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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