Cognizant Started Hiring

Role:	Full Stack AI Engineer
Batch:	Recent-Batches
Salary:	12LPA-18LPA
Location:	Chennai/Bangalore/Hyderabad/Kolkata/Pune/+7more
Experience:	Freshers
Qualification:	BE/B-Tech/ME/M-Tech

Cognizant Mega Hiring Drive 2026 | BE/B-Tech/ME/M-Tech

Job Description

As an Ace – Full Stack AI Engineer, you will be part of a small, highcaliber team deployed on focused, highimpact engagements across clients and industries. From the very start, you will work on production codebases, build AInative capabilities such as retrievalaugmented generation (RAG) pipelines, agentic workflows, and LLMintegrated applications, and present working solutions to client stakeholders.

Skills & technologies

Category	Technologies & Skills
Languages & Frameworks	Python, Java / .NET, JavaScript / TypeScript, React / Angular, REST APIs, SQL
AI & LLM	LLMs & Embeddings, RAG pipelines, Prompt engineering & structured outputs, LLM orchestration (LangChain / LangGraph / CrewAI / AutoGen), AI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Claude)
Cloud & DevOps	AWS / Azure / GCP, Git, CI/CD pipelines, Containers & cloud-native services
AI Evaluation & Ops	AI quality metrics, Monitoring & guardrails, Cost & latency optimisation, Fallback and degradation strategies
Good to Have	Vector DB concepts, Streamlit / FastAPI, RAGAS / DeepEval, Kubernetes, Event-driven architectures

Additional skills

Students graduating in 2026 with B.E/B. Tech/M.E/M. Tech degrees. Relevant experience in AI-enabled full stack development will be preferred.
Demonstrated excellence in CS fundamentals and AI/ML projects – through academic work, open-source contributions, hackathons, or personal builds.
Strong portfolio of AI-enabled or full-stack development projects (academic or personal).
Genuine curiosity for AI tools, agents, and the future of software engineering.

Why Ace Team ?

Client-site deployment from week one -visible impact on live enterprise problems, not a back-office bench role.
Real AI-native products – build RAG systems, agentic workflows, and LLM-integrated applications on production data.
Cognizant’s AI toolchain & global network – access to cutting-edge platforms and a community of elite engineers across 40+ countries.
AI-augmented productivity targets – ship at 2x velocity using AI coding assistants, building elite engineering habits from day one.
Mentorship from senior architects – learn on live transformation programmes, not classroom simulations.
Clear growth pathway – defined progression into specialist, principal, and architect tracks.

Mandatory documents for registration:

Registration link will be shared with college placement officers and students must scan and upload the below mentioned documents while registering:

Resume (maximum of 2 pages) with a high-resolution passport size photograph. Please note that the recent photograph should be clicked in a light background and both the ears of the candidates must be visible.

Mandatory documents for interview:

All academic documents including the college ID card (if available), school / college, UG and PG marksheets, provisional/ degree certificate.

Mandatory documents for onboarding:

The final Cognizant onboarding would be subject to satisfactory background verification.
PAN card – If PAN card is not available, please apply for it. It is a mandatory requirement for onboarding. Please ensure that your last name, father’s name, and other details are accurate. Please note that background verification will fail if the last name is not updated or if the PAN card name does not match the registered name.
Voter ID card / Passport will be mandatory to verify citizenship.
Aadhar card is mandatory for onboarding.

About Company

Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is a leading American multinational IT services and consulting company founded in 1994, headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey. As an AI builder and Fortune 500 company, it provides digital, technology, consulting, and operations services to industries like healthcare, banking, and manufacturing. It has over 351,600 employees globally.

Cognizant Mega Hiring Drive 2026 | BE/B-Tech/ME/M-Tech

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