Forward Deployed Agent Engineer, Early Career
Cogent Security2 months ago
Base Salary
$100k - $160k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and deploy security-focused AI agents that reason over large datasets, interact with security systems, and support complex workflows.
- Own customer implementations end to end, including data ingestion, transformation pipelines, configuration, workflow design, and feature extensions.
- Experiment with, evaluate, and ship text, voice, and multimodal models in production environments.
- Work directly with customer security teams to integrate agents with their tools, processes, and data sources.
- Identify trends across customers and translate field insights into platform improvements and new capabilities.
- Debug complex technical issues, investigate edge cases, and ensure enterprise-grade reliability and performance.
Requirements
- Be graduating in December 2026 or Spring 2027 with a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.
- Be proficient in one or more programming languages such as Python, Go, TypeScript, or Java.
- Have strong software fundamentals demonstrated through shipped coursework, internship, or personal projects, with the ability to debug problems with or without AI tooling.
- Have strong communication skills and the ability to translate between technical and non-technical contexts.
- Demonstrate ownership, comfort with ambiguity, and a focus on customer outcomes.
- Bonus: internship or project experience in customer-facing, forward-deployed, or consulting engineering roles.
- Bonus: experience in early-stage startups, or familiarity with multimodal AI models, enterprise SaaS, security operations, or large-scale data pipelines.
Benefits
- California-based applicants are eligible for a stated base salary range of $100,000–$160,000 annually.
- Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation, equity, and benefits.
- The company emphasizes an inclusive and diverse workplace.
Tech Stack
Categories
Forward Deployed
About Cogent Security
Cogent Security builds AI-native vulnerability management software for enterprise security teams, using autonomous agents to analyze large-scale environment data and prioritize and remediate risk. The privately held company, founded in 2024 and headquartered in San Francisco, partners with Fortune 500 organizations and is backed by Greylock Partners. Its model centers on selling an enterprise platform and post-sales solutions that deploy at production scale.