Deployed Engineer, Federal

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Responsibilities

• ▹Operate across strategic accounts, providing technical depth on complex engagements
• ▹Own the technical direction and success of customer accounts and deployments
• ▹Translate customer pain points into product direction: scope requirements, define solutions, drive implementation
• ▹Be the connective link between the Federal GTM team and core product engineering teams
• ▹Build product extensions and integrations using Cognition's APIs and platform primitives
• ▹Architect and maintain complex enterprise deployments
• ▹Handle escalated technical issues requiring deep debugging or architectural judgment
• ▹Be a credible technical voice to engineering on what the field needs

Requirements

• ▹Strong engineering foundation
• ▹Cross-functional experience, such as wearing multiple hats at a startup or driving product/commercial thinking at a larger company
• ▹Experience working within government or at a government-focused company
• ▹A track record of pursuing excellence at a high level in any domain
• ▹Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, or similar; comfortable navigating unfamiliar codebases
• ▹Experience scoping and shipping features in collaboration with product and engineering teams

Nice to have

• ▹Experience building software at companies known for engineering rigor, seeking broader impact
• ▹Track record in forward-deployed engineering, solutions architecture, or similar technical roles
• ▹Experience with enterprise infrastructure (cloud deployments, networking, security)
• ▹Desire to stay close to customers while shaping how the product evolves
• ▹Enjoyment of hard problems without obvious solutions and the autonomy to solve them
• ▹High tolerance for ambiguity, intensity, and sustained effort when the problem demands it

Soft skills

About the company

Cognition is an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents; the makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer, and Windsurf, the AI-native IDE.