Distinguished Frontier Engineer
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Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£54,900
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2133 (85% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £54,900, and Cognizant is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 2134 (Programmers and software development professionals, Role involves AI systems design and development). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
About the role
As a Distinguished Frontier Engineer, you'll help shape the future of enterprise AI. As the senior technical leader who designs the enterprise-scale AI systems behind Cognizant's most complex client transformations, you'll define human-agent capability matrices, author guardrail specifications, lead client architecture workshops, and own the intellectual design of AI delivery at scale, spanning cross-domain, cross-platform and cross-sector work.
From responsible-AI governance to regulated decisioning systems, you'll set the standard rather than meeting it. Partnering with senior client stakeholders, AI leaders and Frontier teams across industries and geographies, you'll establish the frameworks, guardrails and architectural patterns that enable organizations to confidently adopt AI at scale, while technically leading cohorts of Frontier Engineers and Masters and mentoring the next generation of Frontier talent.
In this role, you will
- Design AI-native enterprise architectures and define human-agent capability matrices for delivery programmes.
- Author guardrail specifications and boundary documentation for agentic systems at enterprise scale.
- Lead client architecture review workshops and produce context-pipeline blueprints.
- Govern ADLC adoption across the portfolio and define standards for AI-generated code quality.
- Architect responsible-AI frameworks, including bias detection, explainability and audit-trail design.
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 London, United Kingdom. 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
- 12-20 years of experience with enterprise AI architecture leadership.
- Deep expertise in AI-native enterprise architecture and context-pipeline architecture at scale.
- Strong background in guardrail specification and responsible-AI framework design, including regulated AI decisioning.
- Experience with ADLC delivery governance and cross-platform AI integration strategy.
- Skills in frontier-model evaluation and red-teaming, AIOps orchestration architecture and human-agent capability modelling.
- Enterprise AI architecture leadership paired with responsible-AI and guardrail design expertise.
- ADLC governance and standards experience across large portfolios.
- Technical leadership and advisory strength, including leading client architecture workshops.
- AI quality and evaluation design capability across agentic systems.
- Domain fluency, contextual judgment and a strong business-outcome orientation.
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Where this offer sits in the market
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What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2133 going rate of £54,900. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.