About the Role
Cogent is building the world's first AI cyber taskforce, composed of AI agents capable of human-caliber reasoning for cybersecurity tasks. We are seeking talented, ambitious Senior and Staff Engineers to contribute to the Applied AI space.
Responsibilities
- Own the product, with autonomy and responsibility in shaping the technical roadmap and product strategy.
- Design and implement Cogent’s AI product experience for enterprises on our multi-tenant cloud and single-tenant enterprise platform.
- Launch initial products including: customer portal, knowledge engine, internal labeling tool, and external customer dashboard.
- Build the new standard for generative interfaces in cybersecurity, owning customer experience to protect organizations.
- Help create a robust engineering culture at Cogent.
- Onboard, support, and uplevel future team members.
- Participate in, provide feedback on, and iterate interview processes.
- Actively contribute to Engineering Excellence, Operational Excellence, and Recruiting initiatives.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience as a hands-on engineer.
- Experience working across the full software stack.
- Experience leading the development of scalable, high-quality applications.
- Expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining backend systems (microservices, APIs, databases).
- Strong experience with frontend development.
- Ability to work across the stack, integrating backend services with frontends.
- Proficient in API design (RESTful, GraphQL, or gRPC).
- Experience integrating with both internal and external systems.
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with deployment pipelines (CI/CD) in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Solid experience in Agile development processes (code reviews, sprint planning, collaborative work).
Skills
- Modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Vue, Angular)
- Web technologies (HTML, CSS, TypeScript)
- API design
- Containerization
- Orchestration
- CI/CD
- Agile development processes
Experience Level
- Senior
- Staff
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000 - $300,000 annually
About the Company
- Cogent is an Applied AI Lab building the next generation of AI agents for cybersecurity.
- AI has fundamentally changed how attacks happen, allowing malicious actors to operate at unprecedented speed and scale.
- Cogent’s "AI Taskforce" assesses petabytes of enterprise data to remediate these issues before critical breaches occur.
- We blend frontier research with real-world execution.
- Cogent Research serves as our applied AI lab, providing research horsepower for agentic security workflows.
- Cogent has experienced rapid growth since coming out of stealth.
- We partner with Fortune 500 companies to secure complex production environments.
- We’re backed by Greylock.
- Our team comprises top talent from leading universities, high-growth companies, cybersecurity experts, and preeminent research labs.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse company.
- We do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, or race.
