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Forward Deployed Engineer - US

Cognition· Customer Engineering
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San Francisco, New York City, Austin, TexasFull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

We are an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents. Cognition develops Devin, the first AI software engineer, and deploys it into real production environments for customers.

Responsibilities

  • Own all technical aspects of the customer lifecycle—from deployment through activation, making sure our customers are successful using Devin
  • Work closely with customers to understand their technical challenges and identify the best use cases for Devin to be a productive contributor
  • Build deep relationships with our customers’ engineering teams to ensure smooth product integration and adoption, activating top users and driving product utilization
  • Build! Always listen to customer feedback, have a bias towards implementing requested features yourself, and advocate for the customers’ needs with the rest of the team
  • Be the customer oracle! Exercise your product instincts to help set the roadmap

Qualifications

  • Strong engineering foundation from a rigorous technical environment
  • Demonstrated track record of exceptional performance in whatever you've pursued, whether academic, athletic, professional, or entrepreneurial
  • Self-directed by default. You don't need a manager to tell you what to do next or how to prioritize
  • Strong communication skills. You can hold your own with senior engineers and executives alike
  • Have a high tolerance for ambiguity, intensity, and sustained effort when the problem demands it
  • Willingness to travel 25–50%

Skills

Required:Engineering fundamentalsCommunicationAutonomyTravel willingness
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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cognition is an applied AI lab

An applied AI lab building the future of software engineering. We’re the makers of Devin, a collaborative AI teammate that helps ambitious engineering teams achieve more.

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