Forward Deployed Engineer - Europe

The role

Deployed Engineers are customer-facing technical experts who help customers maximize value from Devin and Windsurf. You will work with engineers to understand workflows, identify use cases, and deploy software into production environments.

What you will do

• Own all technical aspects of the customer lifecycle from deployment through activation
• Work closely with customers to understand technical challenges and identify use cases
• Build deep relationships with customers engineering teams to ensure product integration
• Implement requested features based on customer feedback
• Advocate for customer needs with the rest of the team
• Use product instincts to help set the roadmap

Required qualifications

• Strong engineering foundation from a rigorous technical environment
• Demonstrated track record of exceptional performance in academic, athletic, professional, or entrepreneurial pursuits
• Self-directed by default
• Strong communication skills
• High tolerance for ambiguity, intensity, and sustained effort
• Willingness to travel 25–50%

Nice to have

• 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

About the company

Cognition is an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents and the makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer.