Senior AI Engineer at Cognizant | TopGenAIJobs

Senior AI Engineer

Cognizant

United Kingdom

5-8 years

Today

₹25–44 LPA

Full-time

Hybrid

Skills Required

LLM

LLM orchestration

RAG

Prompt Engineering

LLM evaluation workflows

LangChain

Vector Database

Python

Flask

FastAPI

Django

REST API

API design

Microsoft cloud ecosystem

Serverless architectures

Description

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior AI Engineer to work on the architecture, development, and productionisation of intelligent AI solutions.

Company: Cognizant

Role: Senior AI Engineer

Location: London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid, 3 days per week on-site)

Experience:

Hands-on experience with Python frameworks such as Flask, FastAPI, or Django
Proven experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs
Python proficiency, LLM orchestration (RAG), and hands-on experience designing end-to-end intelligent applications using Microsoft's cloud ecosystem
Experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or other pipeline automation tools
Experience with LangChain, LangGraph and Vector databases

Key Skills:

Python
LLM orchestration
API design
Serverless architectures
Event-driven design
Model orchestration
Prompt engineering
LLM evaluation workflows
CI/CD
Git-based workflow

Qualification:

Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field — or equivalent experience

Role Focus:

Analyse and interpret eval results, logs and traces from a live AI product
Develop and maintain Python microservices, Azure functions, Python packages and REST APIs
Build and maintain Lambda functions, Step Functions, and LLM agents to orchestrate workflows
Work with DevOps engineers on day-to-day development, deployment, and operational support
Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation using GitHub Actions
Manage artifacts, enforce branch strategies, and utilize Maven and Nexus for release-to-live (RTL) development, including versioning, dependencies, and packaging standards
Participate in code reviews and maintain documentation for backend services

Nice to have:

GenAI exposure

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