Frontier Engineer

About the role

As a Frontier Engineer, you'll help build AI that moves the world forward. Working at the frontier of technology, you'll join a lean, high-impact pod where human ingenuity and AI come together to solve real-world challenges for some of the world's leading organizations. You'll partner directly with clients to design, deploy and continuously improve AI-native systems, with the freedom to experiment with emerging technologies and turn bold ideas into real impact.

In this role, you will

• Build and orchestrate multi-agent AI systems, integrating agent outputs into production environments that solve real business problems.
• Design intent-driven prompts and workflows for AI coding agents, applying human judgment to validate quality, safety and accuracy.
• Create scalable RAG architectures, vector stores and knowledge systems that enable trustworthy and context-aware AI experiences.
• Deploy, monitor and optimize LLMs and AI agents in production, implementing responsible AI guardrails and observability practices.
• Build AI-embedded applications and workflows using enterprise AI platforms, automation tools and modern engineering practices.

Work model

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 the Sweden. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you're engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

What you must have to be considered

• 3-10 years of technical delivery experience with strong AI-tool fluency across the full stack.
• Hands-on experience with agentic coding and multi-agent orchestration using frameworks such as LangChain, AutoGen or LangGraph.
• Strong prompt and intent engineering skills, with the ability to validate AI-generated code for quality and correctness.
• Experience designing RAG pipelines and managing vector databases to ground and improve agent accuracy.
• LLMOps and model lifecycle management experience, including guardrail implementation, AIOps observability and CI/CD for AI systems.

These will help you succeed

• Demonstrated agentic engineering and orchestration expertise paired with strong context and retrieval engineering.
• Production AI operations (LLMOps) experience running LLMs and agents at scale.
• A track record of full-stack AI delivery, reaching for an AI tool first as a generalist builder.
• Domain fluency and contextual judgment to validate AI outputs against real business context.
• A strong business-outcome orientation, owning what the pod builds permanently in production.

What we offer

• Opportunity to work with leading Nordic and global clients.
• Challenging and impactful ServiceNow transformation programs.
• Access to continuous learning, certifications, and career development.
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.

Additional employment information
Compensation 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.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.

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, state or local laws.

Applicants for US based positions must be currently authorized to work for any employer in the United States. The company is unable to provide employment-based immigration sponsorship for US based positions.

If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email CareersNA2@cognizant.com for roles based in the Americas or CareersIndia2@cognizant.com for roles based in India.

About Cognizant:
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap 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, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.