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About Cogent Security

Cogent Security is on a mission to stop breaches and prevent cybercrime by innovating at the frontier of generative AI systems. We are building the world’s first AI cyber taskforce, composed of AI agents capable of human-caliber reasoning and execution of cybersecurity tasks, that autonomously protects organizations from emerging threats. The early adopters of our technology include some of the world’s most important institutions, spanning public companies, elite universities, and Fortune 500 corporations across industries.

Cogent was founded by a seasoned team of former engineering and product leaders who bring decades of experience across cybersecurity and technology. The early team is fully in-person in San Francisco and New York and consists of top software engineering and machine learning talent from leading companies such as Abnormal Security, Coinbase, Microsoft, Tesla, Stripe and more. We recently raised a large Seed round from top investors and angels across AI, cybersecurity and enterprise software.

We are constantly pushing ourselves to ACHIEVe

Ambition for Excellence

• We work backwards from the way things should be and constantly measure our progress against it

Customer Centricity

Intellectual Honesty

Intentionality

Extreme Ownership

Velocity / Bias for Action

About The Role

As we work with our first design partners, Cogent is building a suite of backend services and integrations that will power our autonomous AI workers. We are looking for talented, ambitious Backend Senior and Staff Engineers who are excited to build in the Applied AI space.

What You’ll Do & Achieve

Design and implement key backend, integration platform subsystems

Laying down infrastructure foundations for growth and scalability

Help create a robust engineering culture at Cogent

What You’ll Bring

Compensation (California Based Applicants)

The standard base salary range for this position is $100,000 – $300,000 annually. Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation, equity, and benefits.

EEO Statement

We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse company. We do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, or race.

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