- Joined
- Mar 2026
- How they joined
- Directly
- Before Cognition
- Vannevar LabsSoftware Engineer
- Status
- Current
- LinkedIn hiring post for Cognition Federal, verbatim opening: "Some of the hardest, most consequential software problems in the world sit inside the U.S. government, and Cognition is building a team to go solve them. We're hiring Forward Deployed Engineers, Account Directors, and Infrastructure Engineers in DC, SF, and NYC. What you'd be signing up for: - Hard, early-stage problems: bringing Devin into some of the most demanding, highest-stakes environments there are - A small "Aug 25, 2026Some of the hardest, most consequential software problems in the world sit inside the U.S. government, and Cognition is building a team to go solve them. We're hiring Forward Deployed Engineers, Account Directors, and Infrastructure Engineers in DC, SF, and NYC. What you'd be signing up for: - Hard, early-stage problems: bringing Devin into some of the most demanding, highest-stakes environments there are - A small team that's growing fast and has a lot of fun doing it - Top-of-market compensation If you've worked in or around the federal space (or want to), I'd love to talk. DM me or commen
- Reposting a Cognition "Gold Eagle Ready: closing federal vulnerabilities" post, he wrote: "I saw this pain firsthand through several conversations while at the OMB, so excited to be building this out now.".Jul 28, 2026I saw this pain firsthand through several conversations while at the OMB, so excited to be building this out now.
- On X he welcomed two new Cognition security hires: "I know @jackhcable and @AshwinRamaswami as some of the most cracked and hardworking security experts, so excited to have them on the team!".Oct 29, 2026I know @jackhcable and @AshwinRamaswami as some of the most cracked and hardworking security experts, so excited to have them on the team!
- Describes his own day-to-day use of Devin code scans: "I’ve been using code scans for everything from removing redundant code to improving our own internal compliance posture for federal deployments, give it a try!".Sep 16, 2026I’ve been using code scans for everything from removing redundant code to improving our own internal compliance posture for federal deployments, give it a try!
- Vannevar Labs profile: "Forward Deployed Engineer at Vannevar, developing and implementing advanced AI systems that support national security and intelligence missions." Vannevar (Dec 2024 - Mar 2026) is the direct defense-tech bridge into Cognition Federal.2025
- Current role is Federal Engineer at Cognition.
- Reposted Cognition's FedRAMP announcement: "Devin Cloud, the autonomous AI software engineer, is coming to the federal government. Cognition's entire platform is now FedRAMP High In-Process and listed on the FedRAMP Marketplace.
This extends FedRAMP High authorization beyond Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) & Devin CLI to Devin Cloud, the a" — confirms the Windsurf product (now Devin Desktop) acquired by Cognition is part of the FedRAMP High federal stack he works on.Jul 13, 2026
- Authored the Vannevar engineering blog post "Simulating Adversary Behavior With AI" (October 14, 2025).Oct 14, 2025
- 2024 summer intern in the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer at White House OMB, working on binding OMB guidance to agencies on AI governance and innovation; then AI Security Engineer at Microsoft (Aug-Oct 2024) on LLM security.Jun 2024
- Named to the inaugural 2022-2024 Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship cohort; his stated focus: "domestic and global technology standards with a special focus on fair, trustworthy, and equitable technology that is human-centered and not being used against global citizens."Oct 2022
- Co-author of SustainBench (NeurIPS 2021 Datasets & Benchmarks) with Christopher Yeh, Patrick Liu, Jihyeon Lee, Marshall Burke, David Lobell and Stefano Ermon: Stanford SustainLab/Ermon group work on ML for sustainable development.Dec 2021
- Reposted Shands Pickett: "🎉 Our first federal all-hands at Cognition’s new Georgetown office. Great to finally have the team together in person.".Aug 11, 2026
Working on LLM Security.
AI policy in the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer. Implementing AI policy, including binding OMB guidance to agencies on advancing AI governance and innovation. Contributed to language for forthcoming guidance.
This scholarship, made possible by President Obama, Michelle Obama, and Brian Chesky, allows me to pursue global public service opportunities, experience travel, and alleviate the burden of college debt.
Implementing ML models for automated network threat detection. Did some cool language stuff. Conducted research for cloud detection portfolios. Worked with large datasets using Spark and SQL.
Assessing the role of Trustworthy AI at the NIH in the Division of Blood Diseases and Resources (DBDR) of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Created portfolio analysis system with Pandas to analyze Trustworthy AI usage at NIH, sped up process by 10x. Built out internal blog posts, white paper on the need for Trustworthy AI in healthcare and health research.
The Civic Digital Fellowship allows early-career technologists to explore careers in public service. Fellows have opportunities to gain a deeper understanding of the public interest technology ecosystem.
Some of the hardest, most consequential software problems in the world sit inside the U.S. government, and Cognition is building a team to go solve them. We're hiring Forward Deployed Engineers, Account Directors, and Infrastructure Engineers in DC, SF, and NYC. What you'd be signing up for: - Hard, early-stage problems: bringing Devin into some of the most demanding, highest-stakes environments there are - A small team that's growing fast and has a lot of fun doing it - Top-of-market compensation If you've worked in or around the federal space (or want to), I'd love to talk. DM me or commen
Some of the hardest, most consequential software problems in the world sit inside the U.S. government, and Cognition is building a team to go solve them. We're hiring Forward Deployed Engineers, Account Directors, and Infrastructure Engineers in DC, SF, and NYC. What you'd be si
I saw this pain firsthand through several conversations while at the OMB, so excited to be building this out now.
I saw this pain firsthand through several conversations while at the OMB, so excited to be building this out now.
I know @jackhcable and @AshwinRamaswami as some of the most cracked and hardworking security experts, so excited to have them on the team!
I’ve been using code scans for everything from removing redundant code to improving our own internal compliance posture for federal deployments, give it a try!
We're just getting started 🚀🚀
Gundo boys roll out @jake__cosme
https://t.co/5K5Pz70One Interesting read about compliance making its rounds on hacker news. Compliance and security are separate, yet complimentary pursuits.
