Forward Deployed Engineer — Associate (Contract-to-Hire)

We're hiring recent Master's graduates who are done with school and ready to commit to a full-time career — not students returning for another semester. The ideal candidate brings:

Maturity and professionalism — you carry yourself well with customers and senior stakeholders, communicate clearly, and follow through.

Strong customer-facing skills — you listen well, ask the right questions, and can explain technical ideas to non-technical audiences with confidence and warmth.

Sound judgment and ownership — you can navigate ambiguity, prioritize, and take responsibility for outcomes.

A long-term mindset — you're looking to grow with one company, not for a short-term or seasonal role.

We can teach the rest. You do not need deep prior experience with our stack — solid fundamentals and the willingness to learn quickly matter far more than a specific tech checklist.

Work directly with customers to understand their processes, gather requirements, and troubleshoot issues.

Build and deploy automations on the Kognitos platform, translating business needs into working solutions.

Partner with product and engineering to surface customer feedback and help improve the platform.

Prototype quickly, test with real data, and iterate based on what customers need.

This isn't a dead-end contract. Over the 4 months you'll be given real ownership, real customers, and the support to ramp. Perform well and you'll convert to a full-time Forward Deployed Engineer with expanded scope and compensation. We're investing in people we can grow with for the long run.

You do not need to match all of the listed expectations to apply for this position. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

Kognitos is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.