# Patricio Perez Member of Technical Staff at Cognition building Devin; ex-Scale AI engineering manager (LiDAR & GenAI data platforms) Cognition C贸rdoba, Argentina ## At Cognition - Role: Ingeniero de software (Engineering) - Joined: Aug 2025 - How they joined: Directly - Before Cognition: Engineering Manager, Scale AI - Overlapped before Cognition with other Cognition people at: Scale AI (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/worked-together) ## Identity - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricio-perez - Website: https://patoperez.com/ - Domain: cognition.ai ## Notes - Announced leaving Scale AI after almost 7.5 years: 'Last Friday was my last day at Scale AI, after almost 7 and a half years' and 'Now it's time to begin a new chapter at Cognition'; joined Cognition directly (Aug 2025), not via the Windsurf acquisition. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/patricio-perez_hey-last-friday-was-my-last-day-at-scale-activity-7355293314788614144-Xnqh) - Personal site describes him as Member of Technical Staff at Cognition, 'Building Devin', with tagline 'I build the tools that teach machines to see.' (https://patoperez.com/) - As Engineering Manager at Scale AI (2022-2025) led two teams (up to 4 engineers each), co-led the multi-sensor annotation platform, and started the platform that became Scale's main tool for Generative AI data, for which he led architecture and built the team. (https://patoperez.com/) - Boddy Music team: Patricio Perez and Guillermo Dieguez (Colegio Santa Teresa de Jesus, Salta) conceived it in Dec 2011; Matias Sanchez and Pedro Mutti (Instituto San Alberto, Mar del Plata) joined, mentored by Guillermo Bellmann; development took nine months. (https://informatesalta.com.ar/tecnologia/boddy-music--todos-hacen-musica-con-cualquier-parte-del-cuerpo_a695d4dea583e698128b001f9) - Joined Cognition in Aug 2025, weeks after Cognition announced its acquisition of Windsurf (July 2025); his own post frames it as a direct move from Scale. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/patricio-perez_hey-last-friday-was-my-last-day-at-scale-activity-7355293314788614144-Xnqh) - At Scale AI (2018-2022) built 3D LiDAR annotation tools for self-driving cars and 2D image segmentation, and co-led a new multi-sensor platform built from scratch for massive scenes. (https://patoperez.com/) - Infobae reported the Boddy Music team (Dieguez, Perez, Sanchez, Mutti, mentor Bellmann) won Imagine Cup 2012 Argentina & Uruguay, with Science Minister Lino Bara帽ao at the award ceremony, qualifying for the Sydney world final July 6-10, 2012. (https://www.infobae.com/2012/05/05/646034-crean-dispositivo-que-permite-hacer-musica-personas-discapacitadas/) - Public headline says "Software Engineer at Cognition". (https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricio-perez) - Experimental Developer at Shovel apps (2013-2017), a mobile app builder that pivoted to e-commerce: connect a Shopify/WooCommerce store and get a synced React Native app published to the app stores. (https://patoperez.com/) - Side projects: shipped 60+ Facebook games, one passing a million users (15,000 peak active), and a Windows Phone game with over half a million downloads. (https://patoperez.com/) - 馃憢 Hi! Since I was a kid, I鈥檝e been passionate about technology鈥攖his drive led me to compete (and win multiple stages) in software competitions such as the Microsoft Imagine Cup, and ultimately to build a career creating impactful products in the tech industry. 馃殌 With 10+ years of experience, I鈥檝e evolved from building full鈥憇tack products to leading engineering teams and high鈥慽mpact platforms. Over the past several years at Scale, I鈥檝e had the opportunity to co鈥憀ead the development of core data ; this comes from the profile summary and preserves the person's own positioning. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricio-perez) - Reposted Cognition's announcement that it crossed $1B in annualized revenue run rate, with Devin working alongside teams at GE Aerospace, Rivian and Exa. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cognition-ai-labs_cognition-has-crossed-1b-in-annualized-revenue-ugcPost-7509265868359643136-yfIj?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAHChmfwBI5H9E8NJ_LSlpKgCq5gnZW86l7w) - Microsoft Student Partner (2012-2014) in Argentina, running Microsoft-funded events and training students; site calls him one of the most active Student Partners in Argentina. (https://patoperez.com/) - Previous roles include Engineering Manager at Scale AI; Software Engineer at Scale AI; Experimental Developer at Shovel apps. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricio-perez) - Education history includes Ingenier铆a, Ingenier铆a en Sistemas de Informaci贸n, Universidad Tecnol贸gica Nacional. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricio-perez) - Location is C贸rdoba, Argentina. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricio-perez) ## Experience - Ingeniero de software at Cognition (Aug 2025 - Present) - Engineering Manager at Scale AI (Mar 2022 - Jul 2025): - Led and grew two high鈥慽mpact engineering teams (up to 4 engineers each), primarily focused on frontend with some full鈥憇tack work. Oversaw technical direction, hiring, and team development, managing the entire recruiting pipeline from sourcing to final decision. - Co鈥憀ed the development of a core multi鈥憇ensor data annotation platform, now one of the organization鈥檚 main tools for large鈥憇cale LiDAR, video, and sensor data labeling. - Initiated and led the architecture and team formation for a scalable data annotation platform for training AI agents and models, which later became the company鈥檚 main tool for all Generative AI initiatives. - Software Engineer at Scale AI (Mar 2018 - Mar 2022): - Built full鈥憇tack solutions using React, Node.js, and MongoDB, contributing to backend, frontend, and infrastructure tasks typical of a fast鈥憄aced startup. - Designed and implemented advanced annotation tools for 3D LiDAR scenes (e.g., vehicles, houses, traffic signs) and earlier 2D image segmentation platforms, powering large鈥憇cale data labeling for AI use cases, including self鈥慸riving cars. - Co鈥憀ed the development of a new, highly scalable multi鈥憇ensor annotation platform from scratch, capable of handling massive scenes and overcoming key limitations of the previous tool. - Experimental Developer at Shovel apps (Mar 2013 - Mar 2017) ## Education - Universidad Tecnol贸gica Nacional - Ingenier铆a, Ingenier铆a en Sistemas de Informaci贸n - (Jan 2013 - Jan 2017) ## Sources - https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricio-perez - https://patoperez.com/ - https://www.infobae.com/2012/05/05/646034-crean-dispositivo-que-permite-hacer-musica-personas-discapacitadas/ - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/patricio-perez_hey-last-friday-was-my-last-day-at-scale-activity-7355293314788614144-Xnqh - https://www.eltribuno.com/nota/2012-5-3-23-50-0-guille-y-pato-duenos-de-una-gran-idea - https://informatesalta.com.ar/tecnologia/boddy-music--todos-hacen-musica-con-cualquier-parte-del-cuerpo_a695d4dea583e698128b001f9 - https://geeksroom.com/2012/05/boddy-music-software-desarrollado-por-alumnos-para-kinect-gana-concurso-regional-de-innovacion-microsoft/61845/ - https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognition-ai-labs/posts - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cognition-ai-labs_cognition-has-crossed-1b-in-annualized-revenue-ugcPost-7509265868359643136-yfIj?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAHChmfwBI5H9E8NJ_LSlpKgCq5gnZW86l7w Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-04. Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/patricio-perez 路 Everyone at Cognition: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people