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Forward Deployed Agent Engineer, Early Career
Cogent Security
$100–160K / year · New York, US
Cogent Security builds AI agents that autonomously manage the full cybersecurity vulnerability lifecycle, from risk prioritization to automated remediation.
Cogent Security is building the first AI taskforce for cybersecurity, designed to tackle vulnerability management at machine scale. The company's core product comprises AI agents that autonomously drive the entire vulnerability lifecycle: ingesting real-time context, prioritizing risks based on the actual threat landscape, planning ROI-based actions, orchestrating automated remediation, and providing program-level reporting. This approach addresses a domain where the volume and velocity of threats have outpaced human capacity.
The technical foundation spans AI, autonomous agents, cybersecurity, and vulnerability management. Cogent Research, the company's applied AI lab, blends frontier research with real-world execution, reflecting a commitment to advancing the state of the art while delivering practical outcomes.
The team draws from leading AI and cybersecurity organizations including DeepMind, Abnormal Security, Coinbase, Stripe, and Tesla. This pedigree combines deep expertise in machine learning research with operational experience securing complex, high-stakes systems at scale.