AI Engineer - (Agentic AI & LLM)

Cognizant is seeking an AI Engineer to join its growing AI practice. The role focuses on designing, building, and deploying AI-powered applications using generative AI, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, agentic workflows, and cloud-native architectures. The engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver, evaluate, monitor, and optimize production-ready AI solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and deploy AI-native applications utilizing Large Language Models and foundation model APIs
• Design and implement agentic AI workflows, orchestration frameworks, memory systems, and multi-agent solutions
• Build and optimize retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines using embeddings, vector databases, and retrieval strategies
• Integrate AI capabilities into enterprise applications through scalable APIs and modern full-stack development practices
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into production-ready AI solutions
• Implement responsible AI practices, including guardrails, safety controls, audit logging, and model governance
• Develop evaluation frameworks, prompt testing strategies, and regression testing processes to ensure solution quality
• Monitor and improve AI application performance through observability, tracing, latency management, and cost optimization
• Support end-to-end AI solution delivery, from concept and architecture through deployment and ongoing optimization