GenAI Automation Test Lead/Architect

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Generative AI solutions for automated test design, code generation, test execution, and defect analysis.
• Design and build AI-assisted UI and API automation frameworks and scalable quality engineering solutions.
• Lead the architecture and implementation of prompt engineering, model optimization, and retrieval-augmented generation solutions.
• Define Quality Engineering and GenAI adoption roadmaps, governance frameworks, and responsible AI practices.
• Collaborate with architects, product owners, developers, data scientists, AI engineers, and business stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers on GenAI, Agentic AI, automation, model deployment, and AI safety practices.
• Lead global teams and drive measurable quality and productivity improvements.

Requirements

• 14+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, Test Architecture, and enterprise-scale test automation programs.
• Hands-on expertise in Generative AI, Agentic AI, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation architectures, and AI-assisted testing.
• Strong programming skills in Python and Java with deep experience in Selenium, Playwright, API automation, and scalable automation frameworks.
• Experience with Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, LangChain, LangGraph, GitHub Copilot, Anthropic Claude, and related AI ecosystems.
• Proven ability to define quality engineering strategy, automation roadmaps, and governance frameworks while leading global teams.
• Preferred experience with GenAI-based test data generation, synthetic data creation, intelligent test case generation, and AI-powered quality engineering platforms.
• Preferred knowledge of transformer architectures, large language models, multimodal AI, and model fine-tuning approaches.
• Preferred experience evaluating AI platforms and vendors and making enterprise build-versus-buy decisions.
• General Insurance or Property & Casualty Insurance experience is preferred.

Benefits

• Hybrid work requiring four days per week in a client or Cognizant office in Charlotte, North Carolina.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, subject to eligibility.
• Paid holidays and paid time off.
• 401(k) plan and contributions.
• Long-term and short-term disability coverage.
• Paid parental leave.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Work arrangements may change based on project and business or client requirements.