# Jack Meigel

Deployed Engineer at Cognition (Devin) | ex-Palantir FDE | Wharton/Penn, former D1 high jumper  
Cognition  
New York, New York, United States

## At Cognition

- Role: Deployed Engineer (Engineering)
- Joined: Jan 2025
- How they joined: Directly
- Before Cognition: Forward Deployed Engineer, 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/jack-meigel-51bb26108
- X: @jackmeigel
- GitHub: https://github.com/jackmeigel
- Website: https://jackmeigel.notion.site/Hi-I-m-Jack-263122eb555a40c5b5579812ae7c017d
- Domain: cognition.ai

## Notes
- Joined Cognition (Devin) in New York after leaving Palantir; his announcement reads: "After an incredible tenure at Palantir, I'm continuing to do the two things I care about most: engineering and finding exceptional people to build with." (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jack-meigel-51bb26108_excited-to-share-ive-joined-the-team-at-activity-7429299857741475840-Kjrp)
- Cognition's own team spotlight (by GTM Ops lead Salima Ghadimi) describes him as "a Deployed Engineer who helps tens of thousands of developers at major financial institutions and still spends half his time interviewing candidates". Morgan banking stint. (https://cognition.com/team-spotlights/salima-ghadimi)
- Palantir alumni directory lists him under Cognition and says that in October 2026 he was hiring FDEs and other engineers for Cognition across regions, with a focus on the US, APAC and Latin America. (https://palantirmafia.net/people/jack-meigel/)
- Posted that "Scott Wu is Cognition" and that the company is "not building a better coding tool. We're rethinking what software engineering looks like entirely", closing with "my inbox is open". (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jack-meigel-51bb26108_scott-wu-is-cognition-this-piece-captures-activity-7459727692788060160-IR_7)
- Current role is — at Cognition. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-meigel-51bb26108)
- Was a Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir Technologies from about August 2024 to November 2025. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-meigel-51bb26108)
- Co-founded a stealth fitness-data startup (2022-2023, "elite athletics + big data") as Co-Founder and Head of Product. It combined data from over 60 sources for elite athletes using ML and an LLM chat feature, and shut down after it lost access to data streams amid competition from Whoop's similar offering. (https://jackmeigel.notion.site/Fitness-Data-Startup-579eb7a4a46048c894a39da62cf90b66)
- GitHub repo Devin-Feature-Flag-Project (TypeScript, created Oct 2025) has the description "lets see what devin can cook up!". It is a hands-on Devin experiment from about the time he moved to Cognition. (https://github.com/jackmeigel/Devin-Feature-Flag-Project)
- Public GitHub (jackmeigel) has 4 repos, including llm-jit-compiler (June 2025, Python): a 'Natural Language to Domain-Specific Code Compiler' that turns natural language into SQL, Terraform, Kubernetes and Regex. He built it during his Palantir FDE period, just before he moved to an AI coding company. (https://github.com/jackmeigel/llm-jit-compiler)
- While at Palantir he posted "My team at Palantir is hiring. No bureaucracy. No barriers to ownership. Zero distance from the problem.", recruiting FDEs and Deployment Strategists. He was recruiting at Palantir too, so the recruiting focus he brought to Cognition was already there. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jack-meigel-51bb26108_my-team-at-palantir-is-hiring-no-bureaucracy-activity-7331472846809878530-zhGk)
- Worked in banking at J.P. Morgan in 2023, a role his profile calls a "change of direction" before he moved into forward-deployed engineering. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-meigel-51bb26108)
- Public headline says "Cognition". (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-meigel-51bb26108)
- Reposted Alex Stamos's announcement that he joined Cognition as CISO. Security leadership matters for the financial-institution Devin deployments Jack supports. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alexstamos_starting-today-i-will-be-joining-cognition-ugcPost-7510731001967378435-0WeH)
- Reposted Cognition's announcement that it crossed $1B in annualized revenue run rate, with customers including GE Aerospace and Rivian. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cognition-ai-labs_cognition-has-crossed-1b-in-annualized-revenue-ugcPost-7509265868359643136-yfIj)
- Nearly all of his 2026 LinkedIn activity amplifies Cognition and CEO Scott Wu (about 24 reposts in a year against 2 original posts). (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-meigel-51bb26108)
- do everything; this comes from the profile summary and preserves the person's own positioning. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-meigel-51bb26108)
- At Penn he built a quantitative regression model in SAS to detect insider trading, using analyst forecast errors, accruals, asset turnover, quick ratio and market-adjusted returns. (https://jackmeigel.notion.site/Identifying-Insider-Trading-0a12add50bb142bfaf1260e8039bf0f4)
- Cognition colleague Yihang Yan's post about joining the People function tagged him among the team that recruited her ('Ron Miasnik Jack Meigel and co'), more evidence of his role in hiring. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yihangyan_excited-to-share-that-ive-joined-cognition-activity-7488026574642933760-aNOp)
- Previous roles include Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir Technologies; Banking at J.P. Morgan; Co-Founder at Stealth Startup; Founder at —. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-meigel-51bb26108)
- Education history includes Bachelor of Science - BS, Finance, Economics, The Wharton School; Bachelor of Arts - BA, Physics, Math, University of Pennsylvania. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-meigel-51bb26108)
- Previous roles include — at Cognition; Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir Technologies; Banking at J.P. Morgan; Co-Founder at Stealth Startup; Founder at —. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-meigel-51bb26108)
- Works out of Cognition's New York (SoHo) office, which the spotlight says grew to nearly 90 people in a space built for about 40 and came out of Cognition's early sales culture. (https://cognition.com/team-spotlights/salima-ghadimi)
- Competed as a Division I high jumper for Penn Men's Track and Field from Westhampton Beach, NY, with a college best of 2.02m (6' 7.5"). (https://pennathletics.com/sports/mens-track-and-field/roster/jack-meigel/22670)
- Placed in the college high jump at the 2023 Penn Relays with a 1.97m (6-5.5) clearance for Penn. (https://pennrelaysonline.com/history/results.aspx?cy=2023&en=710)
- Penn Almanac's May 2021 athletics roundup named freshman Jack Meigel as one of the top performers in the high jump. (https://almanac.upenn.edu/articles/a-successful-show-for-penn-athletics)
- Did an Instacart APM product challenge (UX research, product design, MVP recommendations). (https://jackmeigel.notion.site/Instacart-APM-Challenge-2b8e0585963546818da923456e448090)
- Location is New York, New York, United States. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-meigel-51bb26108)

## Experience
- — at Cognition (Nov 2025 - Present)
- Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir Technologies (Jan 2024 - Jan 2025)
- Banking at J.P. Morgan (Jan 2023 - Jan 2023): change of direction
- Co-Founder at Stealth Startup (Jan 2022 - Jan 2023): elite athletics + big data
- Founder at — (Jan 2014 - Jan 2020): drones
- — at Cognition (Jan 2025 - Present)
- Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir Technologies (Aug 2024 - Nov 2025)
- Banking at J.P. Morgan (Jan 2023 - Dec 2023): change of direction
- Co-Founder at Stealth Startup (Jan 2022 - Dec 2023): elite athletics + big data
- Founder at — (Jan 2014 - Dec 2020): drones

## Education
- The Wharton School - Bachelor of Science - BS, Finance, Economics
- University of Pennsylvania - Bachelor of Arts - BA, Physics, Math

## Sources
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-meigel-51bb26108
- https://cognition.com/team-spotlights/salima-ghadimi
- https://pennathletics.com/sports/mens-track-and-field/roster/jack-meigel/22670
- https://jackmeigel.notion.site/Fitness-Data-Startup-579eb7a4a46048c894a39da62cf90b66
- https://api.github.com/users/jackmeigel/repos?per_page=100
- https://github.com/jackmeigel/llm-jit-compiler
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jack-meigel-51bb26108_excited-to-share-ive-joined-the-team-at-activity-7429299857741475840-Kjrp
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jack-meigel-51bb26108_scott-wu-is-cognition-this-piece-captures-activity-7459727692788060160-IR_7
- https://palantirmafia.net/people/jack-meigel/
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jack-meigel-51bb26108_my-team-at-palantir-is-hiring-no-bureaucracy-activity-7331472846809878530-zhGk
- https://jackmeigel.notion.site/Identifying-Insider-Trading-0a12add50bb142bfaf1260e8039bf0f4
- https://jackmeigel.notion.site/Instacart-APM-Challenge-2b8e0585963546818da923456e448090
- https://archives.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/commencement-program-2024.pdf
- https://pennrelaysonline.com/history/results.aspx?cy=2023&en=710
- https://almanac.upenn.edu/articles/a-successful-show-for-penn-athletics
- https://www.whbnews.com/uncategorized/2018/11/13/athletic-spotlight-jack-meigel/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexstamos?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAACQUf14BlYcwxJinojLBtgi1w9UlUWw-IJk
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yihangyan_excited-to-share-that-ive-joined-cognition-activity-7488026574642933760-aNOp
- https://api.github.com/users/jackmeigel
- https://x.com/jackmeigel
- https://jackmeigel.notion.site/Hi-I-m-Jack-263122eb555a40c5b5579812ae7c017d
- https://github.com/jackmeigel/Devin-Feature-Flag-Project
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alexstamos_starting-today-i-will-be-joining-cognition-ugcPost-7510731001967378435-0WeH
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cognition-ai-labs_cognition-has-crossed-1b-in-annualized-revenue-ugcPost-7509265868359643136-yfIj


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