Senior Generative AI Engineer - Hybrid
Important Disclaimers:
**Please note: A few of our roles may require in-person interviews at Cognizant offices or client locations, depending on project or client needs.**
**Candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future**
In this role, you will:
- Design and develop Generative AI solutions using LLMs, RAG, and AI agent frameworks.
- Build, integrate, and optimize AI-powered applications and APIs for business use cases.
- Develop prompt engineering, context management, and model fine-tuning strategies.
- Ensure AI solutions meet performance, scalability, security, and governance standards.
- Collaborate with business and technical teams to identify and implement AI opportunities.
- Mentor junior developers, conduct code reviews, and drive AI best practices across projects.
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Work model: Hybrid
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Sunnyvale, CA. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.
What you need to have to be considered:
- Frameworks: LangChain, LlamaIndex, and LangGraph
- Core Languages: Python, SQL, and Java
- APIs: OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Gemini
- OSS Models: Llama 3, Mistral, and Hugging Face
- Techniques: Prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, and fine-tuning
- Vector Stores: Pinecone, Chroma, and Milvus
- Agentic Workflows: Multi-agent systems and tool calling
- Evaluation: TruLens, Ragas, and LLM-as-a-judge
Salary and Other Compensation:
Applications will be accepted until 10/9/2026.
The annual salary for this position is between $46K – 93,500K depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
- 401(k) plan and contributions
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
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