Full-Time

Deployed Engineer

Updated on 8/1/2026

Cognition

Cognition

501-1,000 employees

AI-powered code writing and testing

No salary listed

Madrid, Spain

In Person

Travel of 25–50% is required.

Category
DevOps & Infrastructure (1)
Required Skills
Python
TypeScript

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Requirements
  • Fluency or native proficiency in Spanish is required.
  • A strong engineering foundation from a rigorous technical environment is required.
  • A demonstrated track record of exceptional performance in academic, athletic, professional, or entrepreneurial pursuits is required.
  • The candidate must be self-directed and able to prioritize without relying on a manager.
  • Strong communication skills are required, including the ability to communicate with senior engineers and executives.
  • The candidate must tolerate ambiguity, intensity, and sustained effort when required.
  • Willingness to travel 25–50% is required.
Responsibilities
  • Own all technical aspects of the customer lifecycle, from deployment through activation, to ensure customers successfully use Devin.
  • Work directly with customers to understand their technical challenges and identify high-impact use cases for Devin.
  • Build relationships with customers’ engineering teams to support product integration and adoption, activate top users, and drive product utilization.
  • Implement customer-requested features and advocate for customer needs with the broader team.
  • Use product judgment and customer insight to help set the product roadmap.
Desired Qualifications
  • Advanced proficiency in at least one modern programming language, such as Python or TypeScript.
  • Experience writing and debugging real software systems.
  • Experience working directly with users on high-impact technical problems.
  • Ability to learn quickly by working in challenging, real-world environments.
  • Experience at an early-stage startup or in a role requiring work beyond the formal job description.

Cognition automates software engineering tasks with Devin.ai’s autonomous AI platform that can write, run, and test code. It integrates with Slack, GitHub, and browsers to manage tasks and track progress within existing workflows. The service is subscription-based, enabling engineering teams to scale output without hiring more staff, reducing costs while speeding delivery. Its end-to-end automation includes creating pull requests and code reviews, focusing on workflow optimization within familiar tools.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$1.7B

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2023

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Enterprise demand supports autonomous engineering tools that deliver measurable productivity gains.[1][5][15]
  • TierZero expands Cognition into production remediation and observability-driven operations.[1]
  • Large customers already use Devin, supporting broader deployment across engineering organizations.[7][15]

What critics are saying

  • OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google can bundle coding agents into existing enterprise contracts.
  • Autonomous agents still fail on complex repositories and long-horizon debugging tasks.[3]
  • Security, data-residency, and IP concerns slow procurement for sensitive codebases.[1][3]

What makes Cognition unique

  • Devin plans, writes, tests, and ships production code in customer codebases.[1][3]
  • Cognition pairs autonomous coding with sandboxed developer tools and workflow integrations.[1][3]
  • Cognition is expanding beyond Devin through orchestration tools and production-system agents.[3]

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Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-11%

1 year growth

7%

2 year growth

-5%
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