Cogent Security · 5 months ago
Agent Engineer (Member of Technical Staff)
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$100K/yr - $300K/yr
2+ years expCogent Security is an Applied AI Lab focused on developing AI agents for cybersecurity. The Agent Engineer role involves designing, building, and deploying AI agents in complex customer environments to enhance security workflows and outcomes.
ConsultingRisk ManagementSecurityTraining
Responsibilities
Design & Deploy AI Agents — Build security-focused AI agents that can reason over large datasets, interact with security systems, and reliably handle complex real-world workflows
Own Implementations End-to-End — Lead technical delivery for new and existing customers, from data ingestion and transformation pipelines to configuration, workflow design, and feature extension
Integrate the Latest Models at Scale — Experiment with, evaluate, and integrate cutting-edge text, voice, and multi-modal models into production environments
Adapt to Diverse Environments — Work directly with customer security teams to integrate agents with their tools, processes, and data sources
Drive Platform Evolution — Identify cross-customer trends and translate field insights into platform improvements and new capabilities
Solve Complex Technical Problems — Debug deep in the stack, investigate edge cases, and ensure our agents meet enterprise-grade reliability and performance standards
Qualification
Required
2+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally in high-velocity or customer-facing environments
Proficiency in Python and TypeScript, with strong skills in asynchronous programming and building robust data integrations
Strong debugging and systems thinking abilities; comfortable tracing issues across multiple layers of a stack
Excellent 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
Preferred
Experience with multi-modal AI models, enterprise SaaS, security operations, or behavioral analytics
Familiarity with large-scale data ingestion, transformation pipelines, and real-time processing
Benefits
Variable compensation
Equity
Benefits
Company
Cogent Security
Cogent supports government and private sector customers responsible for protecting some of the world’s most critical assets.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Matt Ives
Chief Operating Officer
Justen Parker
Senior Consulting Partner
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