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How Cognitiv hires

Truth index
A 95/100
Median time to fill
63 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%

Cognitiv scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 3 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 63 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

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Overview

Cognitiv is an advertising technology company that builds custom deep learning algorithms for programmatic media buying. Its platform trains models on advertisers' own data to predict which impressions will drive results, serving brands and agencies through custom algorithm and contextual targeting products. The company is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, United States.

News

News Fortune 3 months ago
I know how Gen Z can survive the 'jobpocalypse' because I built an AI company - in 2015
As AI lowers the cost of creating and analyzing, companies will not hire less-they will expect more. Certain people will thrive.
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News AdsInsider 4 months ago
Inside the Cannes Lions party scene - yachts, A-listers, and gallons of rosé
When the sun sets on the for the day, the Cannes Lions partygoers come out to play. Ad execs said the party scene brings clout and connections.
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News Digiday 4 months ago
How Fanatics moved from audience targeting to optimizing campaigns for customer LTV
Fanatics Sportsbook is placing bigger bets on targeting customer LTV, as opposed to opting for the cheapest CPA.
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News adweek 7 months ago
ADWEEK's AI Power 50: Shaping the Next Phase of Advertising
The leaders driving innovation and adoption of artificial intelligence tools within the marketing and advertising industry.
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News AdExchanger 9 months ago
The AdCP Hype Problem: Standardized Workflows Don't Equal Better Outcomes
Advertising's agentic future relies on capabilities that don't exist yet. AdCP may one day make buying easier, but it won't make buying better by itself.
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News YahooFinance 9 months ago
Magnite and Cognitiv Announce Deep Learning Integration for Real-Time Curation
Partnership enriches the bidstream through the power of AINEW YORK, Jan. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Magnite (MGNI), the largest independent sell-side advertising company, and Cognitiv, the leading advanced performance partner powered by deep learning, t
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Press release globenewswire 9 months ago
Magnite and Cognitiv Announce Deep Learning Integration for Real-Time Curation
Partnership enriches the bidstream through the power of AI...
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Press release PRNewswire 11 months ago
WunderKIND Ads and Cognitiv Bring the Power of ContextGPT Direct to Media Buyers
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Key Takeaways Media buyers can access WunderKIND Ads
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News adweek 11 months ago
How Deep Learning Is Teaching Marketers to Think Smarter
By uncovering nuanced consumer patterns, AI is fueling more precise, agile, and creative approaches to marketing
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Cognitiv over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
43
Postings analysed
13
Stack modernity
86/100AI adopter
Languages
Python62%
Java46%
SQL31%
Kotlin15%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch31%
Flink23%
ASP.NET Core8%
Hadoop8%
Databases
ClickHouse38%
Amazon Redshift8%
Google BigQuery8%
PostgreSQL8%
Cloud & platforms
AWS69%
GCP38%
Spark31%
Datadog31%
AI & ML
LLM15%
ChatGPT8%
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Full Cognitiv tech stack 43 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$210k
Typical range
$145k – $270k
Open positions
9
8 Jobs
Middle 25%
Senior 50%
Staff 12.5%
Architect 12.5%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Middle 2 $198k $145k – $250k
Senior 4 $210k $200k – $250k
Staff 1 $270k $270k
Architect 1 $190k $190k
Highest paying role Staff Software Engineer, Backend $270k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Cognitiv By role, level and city, against the market · 9 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
64/100
Growing
Open positions
9
1 opened / 5 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
65 days
faster than 20% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
AI/ML
27% ▼
Backend
18% ▲
DevOps
18% ▲
Product
9% ▲
Administrative
9% ▲
Finance
9% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Copilot to stack Sep 2026
Added ChatGPT to stack Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack Sep 2026
Added PostgreSQL to stack Sep 2026
Added Apache Kafka to stack Sep 2026
Added Terraform to stack Sep 2026
Added Prometheus to stack Sep 2026
Added Ansible to stack Sep 2026
Added Amazon EC2 to stack Sep 2026
Added IAM to stack Aug 2026
Added Amazon S3 to stack Aug 2026
Added Feature Store to stack Aug 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
6
Hiring now
3
Countries
3
Busiest office
Bellevue
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Bellevue United States
HQ
Bellevue
5 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 80% engineering 50-200 est. staff $212k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, DevOps, Product
seen since Jun 2026 careers board, job postings
New York United States
Regional office
Let's Connect
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $182k Avg Salary
hires for Product, Finance, Customer Success
215 Park Ave S, Floor 16, New York, NY 10003
seen since Aug 2026 company site, careers board, job postings
San Mateo United States
Regional office
San Mateo
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 10-50 est. staff $237k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, DevOps, Product
seen since Jul 2026 careers board, job postings
Vancouver Canada
Regional office
Vancouver
10-50 est. staff
seen since May 2026 careers board
Chicago United States
Regional office
Chicago
careers board
London United Kingdom
Regional office
London
careers board

Jobs

$190k – $250k per year • Hybrid • 3+ years exp • San Mateo
Python
Java
Scala
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Spark
Embeddings
Flink
PyTorch
Feature Store
Machine Learning
DevOps
GCP
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
SLI/SLO/SLA
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$160k – $210k per year • Hybrid • Bellevue
Java
Kotlin
ClickHouse
DevOps
Datadog
CI/CD
AWS
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$160k – $200k per year • Hybrid • 10+ years exp • Bellevue
Python
Terraform
Ansible
Datadog
Prometheus
AWS
Kubernetes
Amazon EC2
Apply
$200k – $270k per year • Hybrid • Bellevue
Java
Kotlin
ClickHouse
DevOps
GCP
Datadog
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
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$130k – $170k per year • Hybrid • Bellevue
SQL
C#
PostgreSQL
ClickHouse
DevOps
Datadog
AWS
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$175k – $210k per year • Hybrid • 5+ years exp • New York • San Mateo • Bellevue
Python
SQL
Machine Learning
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$190k – $250k per year • Hybrid • 3+ years exp • San Mateo
Python
Java
Scala
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Spark
Embeddings
Flink
PyTorch
Feature Store
Machine Learning
DevOps
GCP
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
SLI/SLO/SLA
Apply