AI Customer Engineer

Cognizant

Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Dallas, TXNew JerseySeattle, WA
Salary
$100,000–$180,000 / yr
Posted
8 days ago

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $140k
$83k most similar roles pay here $261k

This role pays less than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $163,683–$244,050 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $140k versus about $204k for comparable roles.

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About Cognizant

Cognizant is a multinational IT services and consulting company offering digital transformation, technology, and business process services. It serves clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries worldwide.

Cognizant currently has 32 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $134,000–$194,000 across 29 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · AI Customer Engineer

As an AI Customer Engineer III at Cognizant's AI Market Unit, you will lead complex AI solution shaping and MVP delivery efforts, embedding with clients to define end-to-end architectures and build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders. You will run ideation workshops, prototype GenAI-enabled solutions, and develop client-ready deliverables tailored for executive audiences while ensuring a seamless handoff to service line teams. This role requires deep technical expertise in AI/ML engineering, strong executive presence, and proficiency in Python, enterprise integration patterns, and cloud platforms like AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, and Azure AI Foundry. You will also contribute to Responsible AI practices and mentor junior engineers, fostering a culture of excellence within the team.

What you'll do

  • Lead complex AI solution shaping and MVP delivery efforts for strategic client opportunities.
  • Embed with clients to rapidly prototype GenAI-enabled solutions demonstrating business impact.
  • Define end-to-end AI solution architectures ensuring enterprise-grade production-readiness.
  • Build and sustain trusted relationships with senior client leadership throughout engagements.
  • Develop junior engineers through regular feedback, mentoring, and stretch assignments.
  • Orchestrate pursuit teams across sales, industry specialists, engineering, and delivery for complex opportunities.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of AI/ML engineering, solution architecture, pre-sales, or technical consulting experience.
  • Proven ability to build and sustain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated executive presence in engaging confidently with senior leadership.
  • Strong mastery of GenAI, LLMs, ML engineering, agentic architectures, and production AI deployment.
  • Deep expertise in cloud platforms like AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, Azure AI Foundry.
  • Ability to design scalable, feasible solutions for diverse client environments.

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