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Gen AI Engineer · Chennai

COGNIZANT · COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INDIAPRIVATE LIMITED

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Designation Offered

Gen AI Engineer

Job Role

AI Engineer

Department

Engineering

Job Type

Fulltime

Salary

1

Experience

Fresher

Job Location

Chennai

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Posted by

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INDIAPRIVATE LIMITED

Posted On

20 Jul 2026

Valid until

18 Sept 2026

Skillset required

Machine LearningGenerative AI

Job Description for Gen AI Engineer

A role-focused description with responsibilities, expectations, and qualifications for this opening.

Engineering

Gen AI Engineer is a delivery-focused opportunity based in Chennai, India.

In this role, you will develop and integrate cutting-edge Generative AI models and machine learning pipelines to solve complex business challenges.

Key Responsibilities

  • In this role, you will develop and integrate cutting-edge Generative AI models and machine learning pipelines to solve complex business challenges
  • Design, build, and improve software systems that support the goals of the Gen AI Engineer function.
  • Translate product or business requirements into clean, maintainable technical solutions.
  • Write high-quality code with appropriate testing, code review, and documentation discipline.
  • Collaborate with product, design, QA, and peer engineers to deliver reliable releases.
  • Investigate bugs, performance issues, and production risks with a strong root-cause mindset.
  • Improve system reliability, observability, and maintainability through thoughtful engineering decisions.
  • Contribute to architecture and implementation discussions with pragmatic technical trade-offs.
  • Break down complex work into clear milestones and communicate status transparently.
  • Refactor and simplify existing code where it improves long-term velocity and quality.
  • Support release readiness by validating edge cases, dependencies, and rollback considerations.
  • Share knowledge through pairing, mentoring, documentation, and constructive code reviews.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
  • Strong coding fundamentals with attention to reliability, performance, and maintainability.
  • Experience working with code reviews, testing practices, and collaborative delivery workflows.
  • Ability to break down ambiguous problems into clear technical solutions.
  • Comfort partnering with cross-functional teams in iterative product or platform environments.
  • Strong debugging, communication, and ownership skills across the software lifecycle.

Applications should be submitted through the listed apply link.

About this opening

COGNIZANT is hiring a AI Engineer in the Engineering team based in Chennai.

This role is fulltime, flexible, Fresher experience, up to ₹1 per year—matched against UnoJobs' verified employer data.

Skills evaluated for this opening include Machine Learning, Generative AI. Apply directly through UnoJobs to keep your application visible to COGNIZANT without bouncing across multiple sites.

Role
AI Engineer
Department
Engineering
Location
Chennai
Work mode
Flexible
Experience
Fresher
Compensation
up to ₹1 per year

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