Cognizant · 2 hours ago
AI Engineer (Generative AI & Agentic Systems), Senior Consulting Manager
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$99K/yr - $182K/yrCognizant is seeking a highly skilled AI Engineer to lead the design and implementation of next-generation Generative AI solutions. The role involves architecting robust Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipelines and building autonomous AI Agents to automate complex business workflows.
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Responsibilities
Architect RAG Systems: Design and optimize end-to-end RAG workflows using Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, ensuring high retrieval accuracy and minimal hallucination
Develop AI Agents: Build and deploy intelligent agents using Agents for Amazon Bedrock to automate multi-step tasks, integrating them with enterprise APIs and Lambda functions
Model Selection & Tuning: Evaluate and select the best foundation models (e.g., Claude 3.5, Llama 3, Amazon Titan) for specific use cases based on performance, latency, and cost
Vector Database Management: Implement and manage vector stores such as Amazon OpenSearch Serverless, Pinecone, or pgvector to support semantic search capabilities
Prompt Engineering: Develop and iterate on complex system prompts and advanced prompting techniques (Chain-of-Thought, ReAct) to improve agent reasoning
Security & Guardrails: Implement Amazon Bedrock Guardrails to ensure responsible AI practices, including PII masking and content filtering
Performance Evaluation: Use frameworks like Ragas or TruLens to systematically evaluate RAG performance (faithfulness, relevancy) and agent success rates
Qualification
Required
Expert-level proficiency in Python and experience with asynchronous programming
Hands-on experience with AWS Bedrock, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, IAM, and Step Functions
Deep knowledge of orchestration frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph, or LlamaIndex
Experience building ETL pipelines for unstructured data (PDFs, HTML, Markdown) to feed into knowledge bases
Proficiency in CI/CD for AI, including model versioning and monitoring using Amazon CloudWatch
Preferred
Experience with GraphRAG using Amazon Neptune
Background in Banking/Financial Services or Wealth Management domains
AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty or AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Contributions to open-source AI projects
Benefits
Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off.
401(k) plan and contributions.
Paid Parental Leave and Fertility assistance.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Employee assistance program.
Learning and development certifications and programs.
Company
Cognizant
Cognizant is a professional services company that helps clients alter their business, operating, and technology models for the digital era.
Founded in 1994
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$0.24MKey Investors
Summit Financial Wealth Advisors
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1998-06-19IPO
Leadership Team
Ravi Kumar S
Chief Executive Officer
Anil Cheriyan
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