Solution Architect – AI Agents & Integration
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
About Cognizant Digital Engineering
Cognizant is a global technology and professional services company that helps organizations modernize technology, reimagine processes, and transform customer experiences at scale. Within our Digital Engineering practice, we combine deep engineering expertise with cutting-edge technologies such as cloud, data, and AI to build innovative, scalable digital solutions.
Our teams operate in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where innovation and continuous learning are at the core. You will have the opportunity to work on advanced AI-driven solutions for leading financial services clients, shaping the next generation of intelligent, secure, and customer-centric digital platforms.
About the Role
You will be part of multidisciplinary teams working alongside proposition managers, journey experts, UX/UI designers, data analysts, developers, architects, business analysts, and product owners. We value pace, ownership, and impact. Together, we are shaping the future of our organization with strong propositions, smart products, and digital experiences that truly make a difference for young people.
Your Role
As a Solution Architect – AI Agents & Integration, you are responsible for defining the end-to-end solution architecture that enables domain-specific AI agents to operate safely, reliably, and coherently within the broader banking landscape. These AI agents power new customer-facing features for Gen Z and are integrated into a central AI agent that orchestrates conversations, context, and execution across channels and domains.
You ensure that innovation in AI aligns with enterprise architecture principles, platform capabilities, and regulatory requirements. You collaborate closely with business analysts, product owners, engineers, platform teams, domain architects, and risk stakeholders to guide solutions from concept through to production.
Key Responsibilities
- Design end-to-end solution architectures for domain-specific AI agents
- Translate business and product intent into scalable architectural designs across channels, AI agents, integration layers, and core systems
- Define architectural boundaries and interaction patterns between agents, systems, and platforms
- Ensure secure, compliant, and traceable handling of customer data
- Align solution designs with enterprise architecture standards and platform capabilities
- Provide architectural guidance and support to delivery teams
- Evaluate emerging technologies in conversational AI and agent orchestration
- Safeguard non-functional requirements including security, privacy, resiliency, performance, and explainability
Your Profile
You are a senior Solution Architect with a strong track record in complex enterprise environments. You combine strategic thinking with hands-on architectural expertise and have the ability to balance innovation with regulatory and operational realities. You are a clear communicator who can align stakeholders and drive architectural quality across domains.
Required Skills & Experience
- Extensive experience as a Solution Architect in a large, complex enterprise environment (preferably within financial services)
- Strong ability to bridge business strategy, product needs, and technical realization
- Experience working within Agile delivery models
- Proven ability to balance innovation with regulatory, risk, and operational constraints
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Strong ownership mindset for architectural consistency and long-term coherence
Technical Expertise
- End-to-end solution architecture across digital channels, integration layers, and backend systems
- Architectural understanding of AI-agent concepts such as orchestration, context sharing, decision flows, and guardrails
- API design, event-driven architectures, and service-based integration patterns
- Cloud and enterprise platform architecture concepts
- Knowledge of security, privacy, risk, and compliance requirements within banking
- Ability to create and maintain architectural artifacts and documentation
- Experience with conversational AI platforms or AI-enabled customer journeys is a strong plus
What We Offer (Netherlands)
- Competitive salary
- Access to Udemy and Cognizant Academy
- NS business card
- 25 paid holidays
- Laptop and smartphone
- Pension scheme
- Technology-driven organization
- Open team spirit
- International environment
Contact the Recruiter
Bill Hilhorst
Email: [email protected]
What we offer
- The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
- Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
- The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
- A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and a pension plan with matching contributions.
- Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.
- True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.
About us
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, building the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
Other employment-related information
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
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Language requirements vary depending on roles, but we ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
