AI Customer Engineer III

Cognizant

Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: NJDallas, TXSeattle, WA
Salary: $100,000–$180,000 / yr
Posted: 8 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

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This role $140k

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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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TL;DR · AI Customer Engineer III

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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 run ideation workshops and define end-to-end AI architectures. You will rapidly prototype GenAI-enabled solutions, ensuring they are enterprise-grade and production-ready while managing expectations across the engagement lifecycle. With deep technical expertise in languages like Python and cloud platforms such as AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, and Azure AI Foundry, you will build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and develop client-ready deliverables tailored for executive audiences. This role requires 5+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering or related fields, along with strong executive presence to engage confidently with senior clients and inspire trust at every level.

Skills

Python LLMs AWS Bedrock Google Vertex AI Azure AI Foundry MLOps LangGraph CrewAI Microsoft Agent Framework LangSmith Langfuse Arize Phoenix Braintrust RAG Responsible AI NIST AI RMF ISO 42001 EU AI Act

What you'll do

Lead complex AI solution shaping and MVP delivery efforts for strategic client opportunities.
Define end-to-end AI architectures including agentic platforms, data/ML pipelines, and integration patterns.
Embed with clients to rapidly prototype GenAI-enabled solutions demonstrating business impact.
Build trusted relationships with senior client leadership to manage expectations and position Cognizant as a long-term partner.
Develop junior engineers through regular feedback, mentoring, and stretch assignments.
Orchestrate pursuit teams across sales, industry specialists, engineering, and delivery for complex AI opportunities.

What we're looking for

5+ years in AI/ML engineering, solution architecture, pre-sales, or technical consulting.
Deep production expertise in LLMs, agentic architectures, evaluation frameworks, and MLOps at scale.
Strong coding skills in Python and another language; fluency in enterprise integration patterns.
Multi-hyperscaler depth across AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, Azure AI Foundry.
Proven ability to build and sustain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders.
Demonstrated executive presence engaging confidently with senior leadership.

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