Partner Deployed Engineer

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Responsibilities

• ▹Own the technical success of GSI partners across onboarding, enablement, and scaled delivery
• ▹Work directly with partner engineering and architecture teams to understand their delivery models, tooling, and customer use cases
• ▹Enable partners to build repeatable solutions, accelerators, and reference architectures using Devin/Windsurf
• ▹Lead technical trainings, workshops, and deep dives for partner teams, hands-on rather than slideware
• ▹Support partner-led customer pilots and early production deployments, stepping in where complexity is highest
• ▹Act as a technical escalation point for complex integrations, security reviews, CI/CD environments, and enterprise workflows
• ▹Build strong, trust-based relationships with partner technical leaders
• ▹Capture field learnings and partner feedback to influence product roadmap, packaging, and partner readiness

Requirements

• ▹Degree in a STEM field and a strong engineering foundation from a rigorous technical environment
• ▹Demonstrated track record of exceptional performance in academic, professional, or entrepreneurial pursuits
• ▹Experience working with or alongside large engineering teams (enterprise or services environments preferred)
• ▹Strong communication skills, able to engage credibly with senior partner leaders, architects, and executives
• ▹High tolerance for ambiguity, intensity, and sustained effort
• ▹Willingness to travel 25-50%, including frequent travel to India and partner/customer sites

Nice to have

• ▹Advanced proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g. Python, TypeScript)
• ▹Experience writing, debugging, and deploying real production systems
• ▹Experience with SI/GSI delivery models, enterprise software deployments, or large-scale developer platforms
• ▹Enjoyment of enabling others to be successful, not just building things yourself
• ▹Ability to learn quickly by embedding in complex, real-world environments
• ▹Experience operating beyond your formal job description in high-growth or early-stage settings, or prior startup founding experience
• ▹Ability to context switch quickly and handle a broad range of technical and non-technical problems

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.