Senior AI Solutions Engineer

Cognizant

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Charlotte, NCIselin, NJFrisco, TX
Salary
$70,000–$130,000 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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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 408 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior AI Solutions Engineer

As a Senior AI Solutions Engineer (Backend/Python/Typescript), you will join the engineering team to design, build, and deploy AI-powered software solutions that address complex business challenges for clients. Your daily responsibilities include developing scalable backend applications, services, and APIs using Python and TypeScript. You will build agentic workflows and automation capabilities while integrating data services via REST and GraphQL architectures. The role requires deploying and supporting applications in AWS cloud environments using containerization and CI/CD pipelines. You must translate business requirements into technical solutions by partnering directly with stakeholders. Key technical skills include experience with OpenAI, Claude, Amazon Kiro, and various Agent SDKs. You will troubleshoot and optimize production-grade applications to ensure high performance, reliability, and security across diverse client projects.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable backend applications using Python and TypeScript.
  • Build and integrate AI-powered solutions, agentic workflows, and automation capabilities.
  • Develop APIs, integrations, and data services using REST and GraphQL architectures.
  • Deploy and support applications in AWS cloud environments using CI/CD pipelines and containerization.
  • Partner with clients to gather requirements and define technical solutions.
  • Troubleshoot, optimize, and enhance existing applications for performance, reliability, and security.
  • Rapidly prototype and scale innovative technology solutions with cross-functional teams.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience delivering production-grade applications, backend services, APIs, and data solutions.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and TypeScript.
  • Experience building and deploying cloud-native applications on AWS.
  • Hands-on experience with REST APIs, GraphQL, containerization technologies, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience utilizing AI-assisted development tools and agentic AI frameworks.
  • Experience working directly with clients and business stakeholders.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Work Authorization.

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