Cognition operates Devin, the first autonomous software engineer. Devin plans, writes, tests, and ships production code inside your existing workflows. Backed by Accel, Battery and Bessemer.
About the role
AI is becoming central to economic competitiveness, national security, and how the U.S. government operates. The decisions policymakers make over the next few years (on procurement, workforce, compute, security standards, and federal adoption) will shape how software agents are deployed in the public and private sectors, and how the U.S. competes globally. Cognition needs a senior leader who can represent us in those conversations from day one.
What they're looking for
- 10+ years in public policy, government affairs, national security, or technology policy – including time in Congress, the White House, a federal agency, a national security organization, or a leading policy institution
- Sufficient facility with AI and its underlying technical concepts to communicate with engineers and policymakers alike
- Strong command of U.S. government institutions, the legislative process, regulatory frameworks, and federal budgeting cycles
- Established bipartisan relationships among policymakers, regulators, and agency leadership, and a track record of influencing senior stakeholders
More about this role
We're the makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer.
Our team is extremely talent-dense. Among our founding team, we have world-class competitive programmers, former founders, and leaders from companies at the cutting edge of AI including Scale AI, Palantir, Cursor, Waymo, Tesla, Lunchclub, Modal, Google DeepMind, and Nuro.
Building Devin is just the first step—our hardest challenges still lie ahead. If you’re excited to solve some of the world’s biggest problems and build AI that can reason on real-world tasks, apply to join us.
AI is becoming central to economic competitiveness, national security, and how the U.S. government operates. The decisions policymakers make over the next few years (on procurement, workforce, compute, security standards, and federal adoption) will shape how software agents are deployed in the public and private sectors, and how the U.S. competes globally. Cognition needs a senior leader who can represent us in those conversations from day one.
We’re hiring a VP, U.S. Policy to build and lead Cognition’s public policy and government affairs function in the United States. You will own our policy strategy end-to-end: developing our positions, building...
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