- Joined
- Mar 2026
- How they joined
- Directly
- Before Cognition
- Vannevar LabsEngineering Manager
- Status
- Current
“This is why I joined cognition. Too many broken, backwards systems. At Cog, we’re starting to help change that.”
- Joined Cognition in March 2026 as the first engineering hire for its Federal business, owning engineering strategy, roadmap, hiring and delivery across product engineering, infrastructure and DevOps for Federal and Defense customers.Mar 2026
- On Cognition's National Design Studio / American Forge partnership (2026-10-16): "This is why I joined cognition. Too many broken, backwards systems. At Cog, we're starting to help change that."Oct 16, 2026This is why I joined cognition. Too many broken, backwards systems. At Cog, we’re starting to help change that.
- On Cognition's growth (2026-07-24, sharing the Interaction Company acquisition news): "In less than 6 months I've been blessed to watch as our team went from ~175 people and a single office in SF to over 400 (and still growing) with offices around the world. Keep an eye on Cog. We're only getting started."Jul 24, 2026Absolutely crazy watching how fast things are moving here at Cognition. We've In less than 6 months I've been blessed to watch as our team went from ~175 people and a single office in SF to over 400 (and still growing) with offices around the world. Keep an eye on Cog. We're only getting started. 🤙
- Recruiting post 2026-05-22: "We are scaling fast at Cognition and looking for elite talent to bring AI modernization to the federal ecosystem. High pay, incredible mission, world-class team." He listed openings for Technical Engagement Managers, AEs (incl. a Navy Lead), Fed Ops PMs, DevOps/Infrastructure engineers and Forward Deployed Engineers.May 22, 2026We are scaling fast at Cognition and looking for elite talent to bring AI modernization to the federal ecosystem. High pay, incredible mission, world-class team. Here is what we need right now: - Technical Engagement Manager: Need a semi-technical pro who knows the federal ecosystem to expand our biggest accounts. - Account Executives / Directors (Multiple roles, including a Navy Lead + a Juni
- Announced the move on LinkedIn on 2026-03-13: "I'm excited to share I'm joining the new formed Federal team at Cognition to be at the forefront of this transition. Software is changing, the mission is evolving, and it's time to build."Mar 13, 2026I'm closing out my chapter with Vannevar this week. It’s been a meaningful journey with an incredible team. Truly some of the most incredible humans I've had the pleasure of working with in my career thus far. I’ve always been motivated by the intersection of mission-critical work and high-velocity engineering. We're starting to see an acceleration in capabilities with new tools, models, framewor
- His role description says he owns deployment readiness, infrastructure and vulnerability management for restricted environments including FedRAMP High, IL4/IL5 and air-gapped networks.Mar 2026
- Shared Cognition's $2B+ raise at a $48B valuation (2026-09-08) with: "Crazy rocket ship we're on. And it's just getting started. Hop on."Sep 8, 2026Crazy rocket ship we're on. And it's just getting started. Hop on.
- Cognition's platform was listed as FedRAMP High (Class D) In-Process on the FedRAMP Marketplace in July 2026, about four months into his tenure owning federal deployment readiness.Jul 2026
- Same post on leaving Vannevar Labs: "I'm closing out my chapter with Vannevar this week. It's been a meaningful journey with an incredible team." The move went from defense-intelligence software to agentic coding for government, a lateral step within the national-security niche rather than a pivot.Mar 13, 2026I'm closing out my chapter with Vannevar this week. It’s been a meaningful journey with an incredible team. Truly some of the most incredible humans I've had the pleasure of working with in my career thus far. I’ve always been motivated by the intersection of mission-critical work and high-velocity engineering. We're starting to see an acceleration in capabilities with new tools, models, framewor
- At Vannevar Labs (defense-tech company led by co-founder and CEO Brett Granberg, co-founded with Nini Hamrick) he was Senior Fullstack Software Engineer from Sep 2024 ('Building AI-powered tools to support national security') and promoted to Engineering Manager in Apr 2025, working remotely from Kauai.Sep 2024
- Other short Cognition posts quoted verbatim: "Devin is still up!" (2026-09-03, during a Codex/Claude outage), "It's pretty damn good" (2026-09-15, independent Devin benchmark), "Get on it" (2026-10-26, Devin Security launch), "Come work with us!" (2026-06-16), "Crazy being part of this explosive growth in real time." (2026-06-23), "The numbers speak for themselves." (2026-07-28).Sep 3, 2026Devin is still up!
- Shared Cognition's MOU with a US department (2026-07-22): "Big day, big announcement."Jul 22, 2026Big day, big announcement.
Engineering Lead, Federal | Engineering Strategy, Team Building & Technical GTM First engineering hire for Cognition’s Federal business, building and leading the engineering organization supporting Federal and Defense customers. Own engineering strategy, roadmap, team growth, and delivery across product engineering, infrastructure, and DevOps, while partnering with GTM to bring agentic software engineering into mission-critical environments. • Engineering strategy & execution: Set engineering priorities and own the roadmap, balancing customer commitments, product capabilities, security requirements, and operational reliability. • Organization building: Lead hiring, onboarding, and team management, establishing the engineering practices and operating structure needed to scale the business. • Customer & GTM leadership: Lead technical support for customer engagements, demos, and pitches, translating mission needs into product direction and deployment plans. • Infrastructure & operational ownership: Own deployment readiness, infrastructure, and vulnerability management for secure Federal environments, including restricted (FedRamp High, IL4/IL5) and air-gapped networks. Remain hands-on where it matters most, from critical customer issues to new capabilities, while building the team and systems that support sustained growth.
Building AI-powered tools to support national security.
Surfboard shaping and repair.
Senior Software engineer leading frontend team to build financial wellness and giving products for banking platforms.
As a Senior Software Engineer, and one of three founding engineers at Bubbles, I collaborated with product leaders and worked with technologies such as Node/React/Redux with Typescript in an event-driven, serverless-based architecture hosted on AWS to build a platform that enables effective asynchronous collaboration. I owned entire product epics and continuously learned new technologies while providing technical context to product designers to ensure a great user experience. Additionally, I challenged scopes, flagged issues, suggested alternatives, and managed technical debt to ensure ease of reasoning and separation of concerns. My contributions helped Bubbles achieve strong organic growth and relaunch as Bubbles 2.0. Features owned from ideation to deployment: 1. Migrating Authentication from Auth0 to Cognito 2. Building the Bubbles Chrome Extension allowing users to record and share their screen seamlessly 3. Monetization - Stripe and Subscription based access control 4. Slack integration 5. Referral and Affiliate tracking and rewards program
Devin is still up!
Crazy being part of this explosive growth in real time.
We are scaling fast at Cognition and looking for elite talent to bring AI modernization to the federal ecosystem. High pay, incredible mission, world-class team. Here is what we need right now: - Technical Engagement Manager: Need a semi-technical pro who knows the federal ecosystem to expand our biggest accounts. - Account Executives / Directors (Multiple roles, including a Navy Lead + a Juni
I'm closing out my chapter with Vannevar this week. It’s been a meaningful journey with an incredible team. Truly some of the most incredible humans I've had the pleasure of working with in my career thus far. I’ve always been motivated by the intersection of mission-critical work and high-velocity engineering. We're starting to see an acceleration in capabilities with new tools, models, framewor
Get on it
This is why I joined cognition. Too many broken, backwards systems. At Cog, we’re starting to help change that.
Ok this is awesome.
It's pretty damn good
Crazy rocket ship we're on. And it's just getting started. Hop on.
Devin is still up!
My guy Zack Hernandez leveling up. Definitely worth making trip out to beautiful Hawaii to meet the team and the talented people helping build Hawaii’s tech / startup scene. Come cruz 😎
