Vulnerability response at the speed of AI. Cogent. Backed by Greylock.
About the role
We're hiring a Forward Deployed Agent Engineer, New Grad to deploy AI agents in complex customer environments and drive measurable security outcomes. This is a highly cross-functional, forward-deployed role - you'll work directly with customers to understand their needs, adapt our platform to their environment, and continuously iterate on solutions that scale to millions of real-world events.
What they're looking for
- Graduating December 2026 or Spring 2027 with a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages (Python, Go, TypeScript, Java, or similar)
- Strong software fundamentals - you've built and shipped real projects (coursework, internships, or personal) and can debug what breaks, with or without AI tooling
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate between technical and non-technical contexts
- Thrive in ambiguity, take ownership end-to-end, and prioritize customer outcomes over output
More about this role
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. Our AI Taskforce assesses petabytes of enterprise data to remediate these issues before critical breaches occur.
To stay at the cutting edge, we blend frontier research with real-world execution. Alongside our core product work, Cogent Research serves as our applied AI lab - providing the research needed to make agentic security workflows a reality.
Since coming out of stealth, Cogent has experienced rapid growth. We partner with Fortune 500 companies to secure some of the most complex production environments in the world.
Top universities like Stanford, Berkeley, Penn, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, and Waterloo
High-growth companies like Scale AI, Databricks, Stripe, Tesla, and Coinbase
Cybersecurity leaders from Wiz, Abnormal AI, and Zscaler
Research labs like DeepMind and SAIL
We're hiring a Forward Deployed Agent Engineer, New Grad to deploy AI agents in complex customer environments and drive measurable security outcomes. This is a highly cross-functional, forward-deployed role...
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