Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 15, 2026. First seen by Alion on May 14, 2026. Cognizant scores B on the Alion truth index.
Full-Stack AI Engineering Lead
Role Overview
A hands-on technical lead and senior developer responsible for the end-to-end backend stack-from LLM orchestration and data design to scalable API design-ensuring seamless integration with frontend applications.
Key Responsibilities
1. Build & Deploy AI Solution
· Design and develop backend services and APIs using Python (FastAPI).
· Implement microservices and event-driven architectures where appropriate.
· Ensure the platform is scalable, performant, and maintainable.
· Mentor junior developers on coding best practices, patterns, and technical problem solving.
· Collaborate with UI engineers (React/Angular) to integrate backend APIs and support delivery of modular, maintainable micro-frontends.
· Experience developing in React is a plus.
2. Oversee Implementation on Cloud Infrastructure
· Collaborate with infra team for required services on Azure, AWS, or GCP.
· Implement serverless, containerized, and microservices-based architectures.
· Guide integration of databases (SQL and NoSQL) with backend and frontend services.
3. Implement Modern Software Engineering Practices
· Provide hands-on guidance for backend and oversee frontend development.
· Implement CI/CD pipelines and observability for the platform.
· Optimize application performance, reliability, and maintainability.
Required Capabilities / Skills / Experience
· 8+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on building scalable backend systems. Proven track record of shipping AI/GenAI Solutions.
· Hands-on experience in Python (FastAPI), RESTful APIs, microservices, SQL/NoSQL/Vector databases.
· Experience developing with LLMs and agentic frameworks such as MAF/Autogen/ADK.
· Experience collaborating with frontend teams developing in React or Angular.
· Strong experience in one or more cloud platform (Azure/AWS/GCP) and cloud-native application design.
· Practical knowledge of containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines.
· Strong problem-solving, coding, and system design skills focused on scalable, maintainable solutions.

