# Ahmad Raza

FDE at Cognition (Devin, Windsurf) | ex-Palantir Deployment Lead | UC Berkeley MEng IEOR  
Cognition  
London, England, United Kingdom

## At Cognition

- Role: FDE (Engineering)
- Joined: May 2026
- How they joined: Directly
- Before Cognition: Enterprise Execution, Palantir Technologies
- Overlapped before Cognition with other Cognition people at: Palantir (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/worked-together)

## Identity
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-raza-133648192
- Domain: cognition.ai

## Notes
- Joined Cognition (maker of Devin and, since the July 2025 acquisition, Windsurf) as an FDE (forward deployed engineer) in London in May 2026. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-raza-133648192)
- Palantir path: Deployment Strategist in New York (Aug 2022 to Dec 2023), then Deployment Lead in New York (Jan 2024 to Jun 2025), then Enterprise Execution in Greater London (Jun 2025 to May 2026). He went from IC deployment work to leading deployments before moving to London. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-raza-133648192)
- He joined directly from Palantir after about four years there. He did not come over through the Windsurf/Codeium acquisition: his profile lists no Codeium or Windsurf role. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-raza-133648192)
- Palantir's Deployment Strategist track is the closest equivalent to Cognition's FDE role. Cognition's FDE and Applied AI job posts explicitly list 'deployment strategist' as qualifying experience. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-raza-133648192)
- Public headline says "Cognition". (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-raza-133648192)
- TheOrg lists him on Cognition's 'Field Deployment' team (2 people) with location London, and lists previous companies AIESEC in Turkey, Palantir, UC Berkeley, and ibex. (https://theorg.netlify.app/org/cognition-ai/person/ahmad-raza)
- Relocated from New York to London in mid-2025 while still at Palantir (Enterprise Execution, Greater London). He then joined Cognition's London FDE team, which was hiring for 'Forward Deployed Engineer - Europe' roles in London. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-raza-133648192)
- Data Scientist on a capstone research project at UC Berkeley (2021 to 2022), as part of the MEng in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. Berkeley MEng capstones run through the Fung Institute. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-raza-133648192)
- Data Analyst at ibex in Lahore (Sep 2019 to Aug 2021). ibex is a BPO and customer-engagement firm, and this was his first full analytics role after LUMS. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-raza-133648192)
- Previous roles include Enterprise Execution at Palantir Technologies; Deployment Lead at Palantir Technologies; Deployment Strategist at Palantir Technologies; Co-Founder at FD Pharma; Data Scientist | Capstone Research Project at University of California, Berkeley; Data Analyst at ibex; Global Intern at AIESEC in Turkey. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-raza-133648192)
- Profile skills center on data analytics (SQL, Python, Stata, SPSS, data visualization). These reflect his analyst and OR roots, from before his Palantir deployment career. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-raza-133648192)
- Global Intern with AIESEC in Turkey, Istanbul (Jun to Aug 2018), during his undergraduate years. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-raza-133648192)
- Location is London, England, United Kingdom. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-raza-133648192)

## Experience
- FDE at Cognition - London, England, United Kingdom (May 2026 - Present)
- Enterprise Execution at Palantir Technologies - Greater London, England, United Kingdom (Jun 2025 - May 2026)
- Deployment Lead at Palantir Technologies - New York, United States (Jan 2024 - Jun 2025)
- Deployment Strategist at Palantir Technologies - New York, United States (Aug 2022 - Dec 2023)
- Co-Founder at FD Pharma - Punjab, Pakistan (Jul 2020 - Jun 2022)
- Data Scientist | Capstone Research Project at University of California, Berkeley - Berkeley, California, United States (Jan 2021 - Jan 2022)
- Data Analyst at ibex - Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan (Sep 2019 - Aug 2021)
- Global Intern at AIESEC in Turkey - Istanbul, Turkey (Jun 2018 - Aug 2018)

## Education
- University of California, Berkeley - Master of Engineering - MEng, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
- Lahore University of Management Sciences - Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Economics

## Sources
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-raza-133648192
- https://theorg.netlify.app/org/cognition-ai/person/ahmad-raza
- https://x.com/kbash09


Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-04. Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/ahmad-raza · Everyone at Cognition: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people