# Numair Baseer

![Numair Baseer](/resources/cognition/portraits/numair-baseer.webp)

Deployed Engineering Leader, HLS at Cognition (Devin); ex-Windsurf/Codeium deployed engineering lead  
Cognition  
San Francisco, California, United States

## At Cognition

- Role: Deployed Engineering Leader, HLS (Engineering)
- Joined: Nov 2024
- How they joined: With Windsurf (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/windsurf)
- Before Windsurf: GTM, Various Startups
- Overlapped before Cognition with other Cognition people at: Codeium (Windsurf); Amazon; Datadog (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/worked-together)

## Identity
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/numair-baseer
- GitHub: https://github.com/numairbaseer

## Notes
- Presented 'Platform Overview: Devin Cloud, Desktop & CLI' at Cognition's 'What's New in Devin' event on June 24, 2026, following Matt Bergland's intro. (https://cognition.com/events/whats-new-in-devin-06-24-26)
- Joined Codeium (later rebranded Windsurf) as a Deployed Engineer in 2024-11, promoted to Lead Deployed Engineer in 2025-07, the same month Cognition acquired Windsurf; LinkedIn lists the Lead role under both Windsurf and Cognition (2025-07 to 2026-01). (https://www.linkedin.com/in/numair-baseer)
- Cognition colleague Matt Bergland promoted the Devin session: 'Join Numair Baseer and I as we take you through what's new in Devin'. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mattbergland_join-numair-baseer-and-i-as-we-take-you-through-activity-7473092016906780672-EmZU)
- Ran the 2-hour workshop 'Agentic Coding with Windsurf' at AI Engineer World's Fair 2025 in San Francisco (Tue 3 Jun, 15:30-17:30, Golden Gate Ballroom workshops), on delegating execution to AI while focusing on architecture and high-leverage thinking. (https://untitledconference.com/c/ai-engineer-worlds-fair-2025/speakers/183)
- Led two Windsurf talks at ODSC East in Boston (May 13-15, 2025): 'Beyond Productivity: Imagining Your Innovation Pipeline in the AI Era' and 'Agentic Coding with Windsurf'. (https://windsurf.com/events/odsc_east)
- Windsurf's ODSC East event page called him 'one of the key members of our deployed engineering team'. (https://windsurf.com/events/odsc_east)
- Evan Oman on X after the AI Engineer World's Fair workshop: 'I attended a fantastic @windsurf_ai workshop with Numair Baseer'; the session covered Windsurf workflows, PRD-driven prompting, and Puppeteer and Supabase MCP. (https://x.com/Evan_Oman/status/1931550418707837221)
- ODSC promoted his Expo Hall session on building a RAG-powered chatbot using Windsurf's agentic IDE. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/open-data-science_odsc-odsceast-aiexpo-activity-7321612064966303746-lgcB)
- Earlier, as 'Deployed Engineer at Codeium', he was billed by ODSC for the talk 'Building a RAG Chatbot with Codeium's Windsurf'. (https://odsc.medium.com/11-ai-insight-talks-to-help-improve-your-companys-ai-game-at-odsc-west-a54a78ed2313)
- Holds a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from UCLA; GitHub bio reads "UCLA '19", implying a 2019 graduation. (https://github.com/numairbaseer)
- Joined the first official Windsurf Istanbul Meetup live as 'Deployed Engineer at Windsurf'. (https://x.com/fkadev/status/1935602086789693852)
- Windsurf event page: 'Engineer Numair Baseer leads a session on coding strategy in the age of agents.' (https://windsurf.com/events/aieworld)
- ODSC promoted 'Beyond Productivity: Reimagining Your Innovation Pipeline in the AI Era - A Session with Numair Baseer at #ODSCEast'. (https://x.com/_odsc/status/1922031276246139142)
- GitHub account numairbaseer (created 2015-05, 5 public repos, bio "UCLA '19") has no pinned or notable contributed repositories. (https://github.com/numairbaseer)

## Experience
- Deployed Engineering Leader, HLS at Cognition (Feb 2026 - Present)
- Lead Deployed Engineer at Cognition (Jul 2025 - Jan 2026)
- Lead Deployed Engineer at Windsurf (Jul 2025 - Jan 2026)
- Deployed Engineer at Windsurf (Nov 2024 - Jun 2025)
- GTM at Various Startups (Jan 2022 - Dec 2024)
- Engineer at Datadog (Jan 2021 - Dec 2022)
- Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS) (Jan 2020 - Dec 2021)

## Education
- UCLA - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science

## Sources
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/numair-baseer
- https://windsurf.com/events/odsc_east
- https://untitledconference.com/c/ai-engineer-worlds-fair-2025/speakers/183
- https://cognition.com/events/whats-new-in-devin-06-24-26
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mattbergland_join-numair-baseer-and-i-as-we-take-you-through-activity-7473092016906780672-EmZU
- https://x.com/_odsc
- https://windsurf.com/events/aieworld
- https://github.com/numairbaseer
- https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/04/15/cupertino-and-sunnyvale-matadors-fall-to-cats-in-battle-of-unbeatens/
- https://x.com/Evan_Oman
- https://odsc.medium.com/11-ai-insight-talks-to-help-improve-your-companys-ai-game-at-odsc-west-a54a78ed2313
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/open-data-science_odsc-odsceast-aiexpo-activity-7321612064966303746-lgcB
- https://x.com/fkadev
- https://x.com/Evan_Oman/status/1931550418707837221
- https://x.com/fkadev/status/1935602086789693852
- https://x.com/_odsc/status/1922031276246139142


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