{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"4ad12136ddf84de2ce7e5921","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4ad12136ddf84de2ce7e5921","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4ad12136ddf84de2ce7e5921","title":"Security Engineering Lead","description":"About Cogent\nCogent is an Applied AI Lab building the next generation of AI agents for cybersecurity. AI has fundamentally changed how attacks happen, allowing malicious actors to operate at unprecedented speed and scale. Cogent’s \"AI Taskforce\" assesses petabytes of enterprise data to remediate these issues before critical breaches occur.\n\nTo stay at the cutting edge, we blend frontier research with real-world execution. Alongside our core product work, Cogent Research serves as our applied AI lab, providing the research horsepower needed to make truly agentic security workflows a reality.\n\nSince coming out of stealth, Cogent has experienced rapid growth. We partner with Fortune 500 companies to secure some of the most complex production environments in the world.\n\nWe’re backed by Greylock and we’ve built a team with the best minds in applied AI. Our team is comprised of people from:\nTop universities like Stanford, Berkeley, Penn, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, Waterloo\nUnicorn, high-growth companies like Scale AI, Databricks, Stripe, Tesla, Coinbase\nWorld class cybersecurity experts from Wiz, Abnormal AI, Zscaler\nPreeminent research labs like Deepmind and SAIL\n\nAbout the Role\nAs Security Lead, you will be both a key architect of our product and a steward of Cogent’s own operational security.\nWhat You’ll Do\nShape the Cogent product at the frontier of AI and cybersecurity\nWork hand-in-hand with machine learning engineers to build AI agents grounded in real-world security workflows\nContribute deep domain insight to shape product strategy, roadmap, and core capabilities\nBuild the world’s first AI-native cybersecurity Org\nExtend and evolve Cogent’s security posture, systems, and incident response capabilities to create the strongest cyber program in the industry\nImplement processes and tools to protect Cogent and our customers end to end\nEducate the market and elevate the industry\nWrite thought-provoking content, partner with customers, and speak credibly about the role of AI in vulnerability management\nHelp define how the industry thinks about autonomous security\nWhat You’ll Bring\nYou are a top 1% builder who thrives at the intersection of security and engineering. You bring:\n10+ years of deep, hands-on experience in security engineering\nExpertise in vulnerability management across the attack surface\nFluency in Python or a comparable language, with a passion for automation\nA track record of operating at scale in high-stakes, fast-paced environments\nA bias for clarity, velocity, and technical rigor\n(Bonus) Experience working closely with ML, AI, or data science teams\nFor California Based Applicants\nThe standard base salary range for this position is $100,000 - $300,000 annually. Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation, equity, and benefits.\nWe are committed to building an inclusive and diverse company. 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