Dev Experience Engineer: CI/CD & Infra for AI Security

Cogent-Security; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Cogent is hiring a Developer Experience Engineer for the Core Platform team to own the software delivery lifecycle—build, CI/CD, and provisioning systems enabling engineers and agents to ship code securely and quickly.

This hands-on role expects experience building delivery infrastructure at an AI startup or high-growth tech company, and involves delivering autonomous, production-ready deployment tooling for agents.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building developer and delivery infrastructure for AI or high-growth startups.
• Proficiency with CI/CD tooling including GitHub Actions, Harness, and Spacelift.
• Strong IaC skills with Terraform and related tooling.
• Comfort working in agent-forward environments with autonomous deployment workflows.
• 2-4 years at an AI startup plus 2-4 years at a successful high-growth tech company.

Responsibilities

• Own the software delivery lifecycle from build to production, including CI/CD and provisioning.
• Develop a self-hosted software builder and a secure runner alternative that meets compliance requirements.
• Operate and secure infrastructure provisioning for autonomous code deployment.

Skills

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Harness

Spacelift

Infrastructure-as-Code

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Cogent is hiring a Developer Experience Engineer for the Core Platform team to own the software delivery lifecycle—build, CI/CD, and provisioning systems enabling engineers and agents to ship code securely and quickly.

This hands-on role expects experience building delivery infrastructure at an AI startup or high-growth tech company, and involves delivering autonomous, production-ready deployment tooling for agents.