Applied AI Engineer
Cognition · Buffalo, NY
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Jun 28, 2026
Buffalo, NY
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
Mid level · 3+ years · National · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $116,580 (middle half $79,370–$157,500).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
This role is a hybrid of forward-deployed engineering, technical consulting, and developer enablement — it does not map cleanly to any single SOC code. 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used as the best fit; 15-1252 (Software Developers) is a plausible alternative given the strong coding and agentic workflow requirements.
No work location or metro area is specified in the posting. The company (Cognition) is known to be based in San Francisco, CA, but this is not stated in the JD itself.
The degree requirement is 'STEM field or equivalent hands-on experience,' which explicitly accepts equivalent experience — treated as no hard degree gate.
Python is listed as the primary language example; JavaScript/TypeScript is listed as an interchangeable alternative ('or similar') in the same requirement.
LLM/agent-based system experience and prior startup experience appear only under the 'You might excel if you…' section, which reads as aspirational/preferred rather than a hard gate.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
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