Kognitos
1 open Forward Deployed Engineer role at Kognitos. Curated with comp bands.
On the board since Aug 2026 · still hiring
Our take
Why Kognitos
The anti-frontier FDE bet — the deployment bottleneck isn't babysitting LLMs, it's encoding the undocumented back office by hand.
- FDE type
- True forward-deployed
- Travel
- Medium
- Comp
- Undisclosed
- Stage
- Growth-stage
A good fit if you're…
- Engineers who like unglamorous, high-value enterprise automation
- People who want remote-US with modest (~25%) travel
- Those energized by ERP/finance/AP integration, not model tinkering
What they do
Kognitos builds an enterprise-automation platform on a neurosymbolic “English as Code” engine, targeting the boring back office — AP, finance, IT — with deterministic logic meant to kill LLM hallucinations. Logos include PepsiCo and Wipro. The FDE turns each customer's undocumented processes into production automations.
What “forward deployed” means here
True embedded work with a specific twist: even with a deterministic engine, every customer's tribal knowledge has to be encoded by hand — that's the job. You scope, build and ship automations, wire up integrations to ERPs/APIs/databases, debug production issues on site, and feed learnings back to product. Remote US, mid-level bar (3+ years), ~25% travel.
Comp & leveling
Comp is undisclosed on the board. The mid-level bar (3+ years) and remote-US posture suggest a solid-but-not-frontier band; treat the number as unknown until surfaced. The draw is the problem space and remote flexibility rather than a headline figure.
Growth signals
Enterprise logos like PepsiCo and Wipro on a neurosymbolic automation platform suggest real traction in a large, underserved market. The contrarian thesis — that the deployment bottleneck is undocumented back-office process, not model quality — is a defensible niche if it holds.
Analysis updated 2026-09-08
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