Forward Deployed Agent Engineer

Cogent Security

• $100K — $250K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of professional software engineering experience, preferably in fast-paced customer-facing roles.
  • Proficiency in Python and TypeScript with strong asynchronous programming skills.
  • Strong debugging and system thinking capabilities across multiple layers.
  • Excellent communication abilities for translating technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
  • Ability to thrive in ambiguous situations and prioritize customer outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Design and deploy AI agents for handling complex security workflows.
  • Lead end-to-end implementation for new customers, overseeing data ingestion to workflow design.
  • Experiment and integrate the latest AI models into production environments.
  • Collaborate with customer security teams to adapt agents to their specific tools and processes.
  • Identify trends across customers and drive platform improvements based on field insights.
  • Debug complex issues and maintain enterprise-grade reliability across the platform.

Benefits

  • Inclusion in a collaborative and innovative work environment.
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technology and real-world applications.
  • Potential for career growth within a fast-moving startup environment.
  • Direct impact on improving security outcomes for high-profile organizations.
Full Job Description
About the Role

We're hiring a Forward Deployed Agent Engineer to design, build, and deploy mission-critical AI agents that operate in complex customer environments and drive measurable security outcomes. This is a highly cross-functional, forward-deployed role - you'll work directly with customers to understand their needs, adapt our platform to their environment, and continuously iterate on solutions that scale to millions of real-world events.

You'll own projects end-to-end: from initial implementation and data onboarding, to deploying in production, to integrating feedback into our core agent platform. Your work will directly shape how our agents detect threats, triage incidents, and automate security workflows for Fortune 500 organizations.

This role is built for engineers who thrive in high-impact environments, love solving hard technical problems, and want to see the tangible results of their work in the field.

What You'll Do
  • Design & Deploy AI Agents - build security-focused AI agents that reason over large datasets, interact with security systems, and 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 the latest text, voice, and multi-modal models into production environments
  • Adapt to Diverse Environments - work directly with customer security teams to integrate our 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


What We're Looking For
  • 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
  • Clear 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


Nice to Have
  • 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


For California Based Applicants

The standard base salary range for this position is $100,000 - $250,000 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.

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