# Founding IT Engineer at Cogent

- Company: Cogent
- What the company does: Vulnerability response at the speed of AI. Cogent. Backed by Greylock.
- Company website: https://www.cogent.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-15
- Apply by: 2026-10-30
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cogent-security/b548dfc6-6360-4b23-b4d6-52018ca87977
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cogent-founding-it-engineer/

## About the role

We're hiring a Founding IT Engineer to build and own our IT function from the ground up. You'll stand up the systems, automation, and processes that keep our teams productive and secure as we scale: endpoints, identity, access control, physical infrastructure, and vendor management across offices in San Francisco, New York, and a growing remote workforce. Manage and secure endpoints across our environments - device provisioning, MDM configuration, patching, and fleet-wide inventory tracking

## What they're looking for

- Experience founding or building an IT function from zero at a fast-moving company - you've been the first or second IT hire before and know what it takes to stand something up with no existing playbook
- Security-first mindset from working in a high-security environment (fintech, enterprise SaaS, or similar) - you instinctively reach for the more secure option
- Strong scripting and automation skills in Python or similar - you write code to integrate systems, parse and transform data, and replace manual processes
- AI-native in practice - you use tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex daily to write scripts, build workflows, and automate tasks while keeping security controls in place
- Project management instincts that let you operate beyond what a single person can handle through smart prioritization and process
- Hands-on and available - this is an IC role where you're building, supporting, and responding, not managing from a distance

Tags: Engineering