2d ago
Cogent AI Fellowship (Member of Technical Staff)
San Francisco, CA
$100k-$300k / year
full-timecybersecurity
๐ Tech Stack
๐ผ About This Role
You'll define and pursue a research direction at the intersection of AI and formal methods, such as autoformalizing intent into machine-checkable specifications or runtime verification of agent tool calls. You'll take ideas end-to-end: from prototype to systems running against real customer workloads in cybersecurity. This fellowship blends frontier research with production execution at a fast-growing Applied AI Lab backed by Greylock.
๐ฏ What You'll Do
- Define and pursue a research direction at the intersection of AI and formal methods.
- Take ideas end-to-end from prototype to production against real customer workloads.
- Partner with applied AI, agent, and platform engineers to translate research into capabilities.
- Build evaluation harnesses and benchmarks for verified-correct or policy-compliant security environments.
๐ Requirements
- Research experience in formal methods, program analysis, programming languages, agentic AI for code reasoning, or runtime verification.
- A strong publication record in top conferences or comparable open-source contributions.
- A recently completed PhD in Computer Science or closely related field.
- Strong engineering ability including fluency in a major programming language and production-readiness judgment.
โจ Nice to Have
- Experience with vulnerability detection/remediation or secure-by-construction systems.
- Independent, self-starting mindset and comfort in ambiguous settings.
๐ Benefits & Perks
- ๐ฐ Variable compensation and equity eligible.
- ๐ฅ Inclusive benefits package.
๐จ Hiring Process
Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks ยท AI estimate
- 1Recruiter Screenยท 30 min
- 2Technical Interviewยท 60 min
- 3Research Presentationยท 60 min
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