Software Engineer - Applied AI at Cogent Security | CA, US | Rezi

Software Engineer - Applied AI at Cogent Security

Software Engineer - Applied AI

Cogent Security · CA, US

3 weeks ago

Software Engineer - Applied AI

Cogent Security · CA, US

23 days ago
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About the Role

Cogent is launching the world's first AI cyber taskforce, composed of AI agents capable of human-caliber reasoning for cybersecurity tasks. We are seeking talented, ambitious AI/ML Engineers to build in the Applied AI space.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and launch the world’s first AI Cyber Taskforce.
  • Design and launch flagship AI agents capable of automating vulnerability management tasks, working closely with design customers.
  • Understand business goals, product and technology strategies, and customer requirements to implement business-critical AI systems.
  • Identify appropriate datasets and data representations to support system development.
  • Decompose existing enterprise security workflows into sub-tasks for autonomous systems.
  • Experiment with advancements in long-term reasoning and planning to evolve AI products from supervised to autonomous.
  • Build and extend Cogent’s Gen AI Platform.
  • Implement reusable system components for ranking, retrieval, and search powered by LLMs for agentic automation.
  • Establish frameworks to train, evaluate, and stress-test ML systems, and improve Cogent’s Gen AI platform.
  • Incorporate cutting-edge developments in ML and Gen AI into Cogent’s AI systems.
  • Help create a robust engineering culture at Cogent.
  • Onboard, support, and uplevel future team members.
  • Mentor and grow future junior team members.
  • Actively contribute to Engineering Excellence, Operational Excellence, and Recruiting initiatives.

Requirements

  • Multiple years of experience developing and deploying AI-driven systems.
  • Proven track record of architecting practical, production-grade solutions.
  • Expertise in machine learning, deep learning, and AI models.
  • Deep understanding of applying AI technologies to build scalable, performant systems in production.
  • Experience designing and deploying agentic systems and autonomous agents.
  • Experience integrating AI components into larger applications or products.
  • Ability to address real-world scale and performance challenges.
  • Familiarity with cutting-edge AI technologies, including reinforcement learning, natural language processing, computer vision, and large-scale generative models.
  • Proven ability to work iteratively and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
  • Passion for staying at the forefront of AI advancements and continuous learning.

Skills

  • Machine learning
  • Deep learning
  • AI models
  • Agentic systems
  • Autonomous agents
  • Reinforcement learning
  • Natural language processing
  • Computer vision
  • Large-scale generative models
  • LLMs

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.
  • We’ve built a team with the best minds in applied AI from top universities, high-growth companies, and world-class cybersecurity experts.

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.