> 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. # Forward Deployed Engineer Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/75ede2de094f8912 Cognition AI posts a FDE role to keep customers running after launch in San Francisco, CA with no pay posted. A customer-facing technical engineer who owns Devin deployments from initial integration through activation and adoption across customer engineering teams. Read from the employer’s posting on November 8, 2026. - [Cognition AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) Posted Jul 10, 2025 by Cognition AI · open on Ashby as of Nov 8, 2026 Pay not posted San Francisco, CA On-site Full-time A customer-facing technical engineer who owns Devin deployments from initial integration through activation and adoption across customer engineering teams. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F75ede2de094f8912&placement=top) - [View posting at Cognition AI](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cognition/d72d584c-bb11-4b6a-b043-d81425ea884a/application) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay Not posted Senior FDE postings, 1,864 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### The work Keeps customers running after launch Balance **Mixed** Project stages 1. Pre-sales 2. Proof of concept 3. Implementation 4. Operations Travel **Up to 50%** - **Coding**: Writes production code - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Individual contributor ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The job is in San Francisco, CA. Could you work there? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. [What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: San Francisco, CA - **Work arrangement**: On-site - **Employment type**: Full-time - **Travel**: Up to 50% ## More like this [CoreWeave](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/coreweave) ### [Account Solution Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/c4b2ac20ecda3794) San Francisco, CA 5mo ago $143,000–$210,000 [SketchPro](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/sketchpro) ### [Forward Deployed Architect: Customer Success](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2bc06a332ea19712) San Francisco, CA 2w ago $100,000–$140,000 [Lassie](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lassie) ### [Deployment Strategist](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/569f8d4b6159f92e) San Francisco, CA On-site 5mo ago $170,000–$210,000 - [Other jobs at Cognition AI (4)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cognition-ai) ## The job description from Cognition AI Posted by Cognition AI on Jul 10, 2025 ### We are an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents. We're the makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer. Our team is extremely talent-dense. Among our founding team, we have world-class competitive programmers, former founders, and leaders from companies at the cutting edge of AI including Scale AI, Palantir, Cursor, Waymo, Tesla, Lunchclub, Modal, Google DeepMind, and Nuro. Building Devin is just the first step—our hardest challenges still lie ahead. If you’re excited to solve some of the world’s biggest problems and build AI that can reason on real-world tasks, apply to join us. ### About the Role At Cognition, customers are our highest priority. Deployed Engineers (DEs) are customer-facing technical experts who help our customers maximize the value they get out of Devin. You’ll work directly with engineers to understand their workflows, identify high-impact use cases, and deploy Devin into real production environments. You’ll lead demos and pilots, support integrations, and drive adoption of the Cognition platform from the inside out. This role combines hands-on technical work, customer partnership, and rapid execution. You'll serve a broad range of clients, switching context frequently and staying ahead of issues before they become blockers. You're expected to be proactive, make judgment calls, and take ownership of outcomes. ### In this role, you will - Own all technical aspects of the customer lifecycle—from deployment through activation, making sure our customers are successful using Devin - Work closely with customers to understand their technical challenges and identify the best use cases for Devin to be a productive contributor - Build deep relationships with our customers’ engineering teams to ensure smooth product integration and adoption, activating top users and driving product utilization - Build! Always listen to customer feedback, have a bias towards implementing requested features yourself, and advocate for the customers’ needs with the rest of the team - Be the customer oracle! Exercise your product instincts to help set the roadmap ### What We Value - Customer empathy — you care deeply about how engineers work and what helps them succeed - Ownership mindset — you take responsibility for results, not just tasks - Technical curiosity — you enjoy digging into unfamiliar systems and understanding how they really work - Bias toward execution — you move quickly from problem to solution - Grit — you’re comfortable operating in ambiguous, high-intensity environments - Exploratory rigor — You poke at edges, ask uncomfortable questions, and would rather find problems yourself than have them find you. ### Requirements - Strong engineering foundation from a rigorous technical environment - Demonstrated track record of exceptional performance in whatever you've pursued, whether academic, athletic, professional, or entrepreneurial - Self-directed by default. You don't need a manager to tell you what to do next or how to prioritize. - Strong communication skills. You can hold your own with senior engineers and executives alike. - Have a high tolerance for ambiguity, intensity, and sustained effort when the problem demands it. - Willingness to travel 25–50% ### You might excel if you… - Advanced in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Python, TypeScript) - Experience writing and debugging real software systems - Want to work directly with real users on high-impact technical problems - Learn quickly by being embedded in challenging, real-world environments - Have worked at an early-stage startup or in a role where you operated well beyond your job description ### Our Commitment **Equal Opportunity.** Cognition is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic under applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities throughout the hiring process - please let us know if you need any. Cognition also considers applicants with criminal histories consistent with the SF Fair Chance Ordinance and similar local laws. **Data Privacy and Arbitration:** By submitting your application, you agree to our Global Applicant and Job Candidate Privacy Notice. For US applicants, by submitting your application, you agree to the Applicant Arbitration Agreement. [View posting at Cognition AI](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cognition/d72d584c-bb11-4b6a-b043-d81425ea884a/application) ## About Cognition AI Applied AI lab building autonomous software engineering agents and tools that let enterprise engineering teams delegate production work. 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