Cognition

Product Engineer

Cognition
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3 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Own and ship product features end to end, incorporating feedback from developers who use them.
  • Build fast, polished, and high-quality experiences across IDE, web, and CLI products.
  • Define interaction patterns and user experiences for developers working with AI agents.
  • Build Devin’s agent loop, tool-use capabilities, and reliable agent harness infrastructure.
  • Solve difficult technical problems directly while maintaining quality across multiple product surfaces.
  • Make independent product decisions and move quickly without extensive process or sign-off.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated full-stack engineering depth and strong instincts for product quality.
  • Genuine understanding of developer workflows and developer-tool user experience.
  • Production-grade proficiency in Python, TypeScript, and React.
  • Ability to make sound independent product decisions.
  • Strong attention to UX details including micro-interactions, transitions, response times, and empty states.
  • Experience building developer tools, IDEs, or technical products is a strong plus.
  • Prior experience at a frontier AI lab, applied AI company, or developer tools company is a plus.
  • BS, MS, or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related technical discipline from a highly selective program.

Categories

AI ApplicationsFull StackProduct Engineering
Cognition

About Cognition

501-1,000 employees

Cognition is an applied AI company building end-to-end software agents for engineering teams. Its flagship product, Devin, is an AI software engineer that collaborates with developers to plan tasks, write code, run tests, fix bugs, and ship changes across common tools. The company is privately held, founded in 2023, and headquartered in San Francisco.

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