Cognition
Security Engineer
$260K–$300K
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 6, 2026
- Education
- BS, MS, or equivalent in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related technical discipline from a highly selective program.
About the job
Secures Cognition’s AI developer tools and infrastructure by designing security controls for agent execution, managing risks, and leading detection and incident response.
What you'll do
- Design and harden sandboxing, isolation, and runtime controls for Devin’s execution of untrusted code.
- Lead threat modeling, secure design reviews, and vulnerability management across Devin, Windsurf, and their infrastructure.
- Build security tooling and detection systems, lead incident response, and support compliance and customer trust initiatives.
What they ask for
- Hands-on experience across product security, infrastructure security, and detection and response.
- Proficiency in Python, Rust, and Go, with ability to own complex systems codebases.
- Practical experience securing Kubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and multi-tenant compute environments; hands-on experience hardening modern web applications.
- BS, MS, or equivalent in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related technical discipline from a highly selective program.
Nice to have
- Prior experience at a frontier AI lab, applied AI company, or developer tools company.
- Experience leading incidents end to end and driving follow-up fixes.
Pay
$260,000 - $300,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Rust, Go, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure
AI focus
Secures AI-native developer tools and autonomous agent execution, including controls for Devin to safely execute untrusted code and use tools across long-horizon tasks.
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