Cogent
Research Scientist
San Francisco, CA
Sponsorship not specified$100k-$300kDetected 70 days ago
DatabricksCloud PlatformsTerraformMachine LearningAgentic AICybersecurityDesign SystemsTest AutomationResearch
About the role
- Invent and apply novel AI techniques to challenges in code reasoning and code generation, advancing the state of the art
- Publish findings at top-tier conferences and peer-reviewed journals
- Stay at the cutting edge of developments in ML, program analysis, and formal methods - and help shape Cogent's research direction
Responsibilities
- Cogent is an Applied AI Lab building the next generation of AI agents for cybersecurity.
- We partner with Fortune 500 companies to secure some of the most complex production environments in the world.
- A highly self-directed, proactive, and self-starting attitude - you identify problems, propose solutions, and drive them to completion
- Drive original, high-impact research in automated reasoning, code analysis, and AI-driven security, from early hypothesis through publication-quality results
- Design and execute automated testing and fuzzing strategies to validate systems under development
- Collaborate with engineering and product teams to translate research into Cogent's core AI platform
- As a Research Scientist, you will drive foundational and applied research at the frontier of automated reasoning and AI-driven code analysis - producing work that is both scientifically rigorous and directly impactful in the real world.
- Independence: A highly self-directed, proactive, and self-starting attitude - you identify problems, propose solutions, and drive them to completion
Requirements
- If you have deep expertise in automated reasoning, a strong publication or artifact track record, and a passion for making the world's infrastructure safer, we want to hear from you.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Cloud Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - tools like Terraform, Pulumi, CDK, or equivalent
Skills
- Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Compensation
- The standard base salary range for this position is $100,000 - $300,000 annually.
Benefits
- Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation, equity, and benefits.
Company info
- Top universities like Stanford, Berkeley, Penn, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, Waterloo
- Unicorn, high-growth companies like Scale AI, Databricks, Stripe, Tesla, Coinbase
- World class cybersecurity experts from Wiz, Abnormal AI, Zscaler
- Preeminent research labs like Deepmind and SAIL
- We are looking for someone who thrives in ambiguity, invents novel solutions when existing ones fall short, and has the flexibility to change course when initial ideas don't pan out.
- We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse company.
- To stay at the cutting edge, we blend frontier research with real-world execution.
This listing is sourced directly from Cogent's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.