
Forward Deployed Agent Engineer, Early Career
Cogent Security8 days 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