3 months ago
Base Salary
$260k - $300k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build core agent infrastructure for long-horizon task execution, including tool use, context management, multi-step planning, subagent orchestration, and sandboxed code execution environments.
- Improve Windsurf through editor intelligence, agent-in-the-loop workflows, real-time code understanding, and developer-experience improvements.
- Work with researchers to translate new model capabilities into shipped product features and provide feedback that influences training priorities.
- Build systems that support millions of agentic tasks with low latency, high reliability, and production-grade correctness.
- Help define the future direction of AI software engineering products.
Requirements
- Experience building reliable and performant distributed systems with strong attention to correctness, failure modes, and production behavior.
- Evidence of shipping software that real users depend on, with strong product instinct and user-oriented judgment.
- Ability to make progress through ambiguous, difficult problems and adapt based on results.
- Track record of moving quickly while maintaining high code quality.
- Curiosity about LLMs, AI agents, agent failure modes, and reliable AI-powered systems.
- Strong proficiency in Python and experience owning large Python codebases in production.
- Prior experience at a frontier AI lab, applied AI company, or developer-tools company.
- BS, MS, or equivalent in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related technical discipline from a highly selective program.
Benefits
- Fully paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employee and dependents.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Perks including a private chef, cozy slippers, and unlimited snacks.
Tech Stack
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About Cognition
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.