> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # FDE jobs at Cognition AI Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai 5 open forward deployed engineer (FDE) jobs at Cognition AI across 2 US metros. Applied AI lab building autonomous software engineering agents and tools that let enterprise engineering teams delegate production work. Later private · About 201–1,000 people **5 postings** 2 metros [Careers at Cognition AI ↗](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cognition) read Nov 8, 2026 ## 5 open FDE roles at Cognition AI ### [Devops Engineer, Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a74eccb7dfb40b9) Washington, DC Hybrid 8mo ago Pay not posted - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7a74eccb7dfb40b9) Integrates and configures it ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - Federal](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bb59f3278f02fb0c) Washington, DC Hybrid 9mo ago $180,000–$280,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/bb59f3278f02fb0c) Integrates and configures it ### [Partner Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1a18f13a339d95f) San Francisco, CA On-site 9mo ago Pay not posted - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d1a18f13a339d95f) ### [Applied AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/94e4c37ab2250de2) San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025 $180,000–$225,000 - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/94e4c37ab2250de2) Keeps customers running after launch ### [Forward Deployed Engineer - US](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/75ede2de094f8912) San Francisco, CA On-site Since 2025 Pay not posted - [View job →](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/75ede2de094f8912) 2 of 5 postings are hands-on engineering in the customer’s own systems. Rows that do other work name it. Compare these roles with [pay ranges at other US FDE employers](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary). - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fcompanies%2Fcognition-ai&placement=top) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## How Cognition AI describes FDE work Mention travel How often postings mention travel Mention travel: 40% against the US average of 42%. About average. Cognition AI: 2 of 5 postings · all postings: 1,394 of 3,308 **40%** of postings · US 42% About average Senior or staff level Senior-level responsibility or above Senior or staff level: 100% against the US average of 94%. Above average. Cognition AI: 5 of 5 postings · all postings: 3,026 of 3,234 **100%** of postings · US 94% Above average Require production code Postings that involve writing production code Require production code: 80% against the US average of 80%. About average. Cognition AI: 4 of 5 postings · all postings: 2,573 of 3,204 **80%** of postings · US 80% About average Remote allowed Postings that allow remote work Remote allowed: 0% against the US average of 30%. Well below average. Cognition AI: 0 of 5 postings · all postings: 697 of 2,333 **0%** of postings · US 30% Well below average Work for external customers Work done for people outside the company Work for external customers: 100% against the US average of 86%. Above average. Cognition AI: 5 of 5 postings · all postings: 2,829 of 3,298 **100%** of postings · US 86% Above average Include pre-sales work Evaluation or proposal work before a deal Include pre-sales work: 20% against the US average of 24%. About average. Cognition AI: 1 of 5 postings · all postings: 788 of 3,295 **20%** of postings · US 24% About average 0% 50% 100% Cognition AI’s postings allow remote work far less often than the US average (0% vs 30%) and serve external customers more often (100% vs 86%). Shares leave out postings that say nothing about a measure. Travel counts silence as no mention. [Compare with all US FDE postings and read the method →](https://nextmove.md/fde/research) ## Compare with similar employers Employers whose postings describe the most similar work. ### [Scale AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/scale-ai) New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC · +8 · $233,000 21 postings ### [Meta](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/meta) New York, NY · Seattle, WA · Menlo Park, CA · +4 · $180,000 6 postings ### [Hadrian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hadrian) Torrance, CA · SF Bay Area $358,000 5 postings Other FDE employers in SF Bay Area and Washington, DC area - [FDE and deployment jobs in SF Bay Area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=sf-bay-area) · 3 Cognition AI postings · 483 companies - [FDE and deployment jobs in Washington, DC area](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?region=dmv) · 2 Cognition AI postings · 130 companies Employer postings · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) - [Hiring FDEs like Cognition AI? 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