--- title: How Forward Deployed Engineering is done at Cognition —... description: Jia Wu, a forward-deployed engineering lead at Cognition, explains how the company deploys its AI coding agent Devin at enterprise customers. The talk covers... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-forward-deployed-engineering-is-done-at-cognition-jia-wu-2kbkc6k0v twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How Forward Deployed Engineering is done at Cognition — Jia Wu | daily.dev og:description: Jia Wu, a forward-deployed engineering lead at Cognition, explains how the company deploys its AI coding agent Devin at enterprise customers. The talk covers... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-forward-deployed-engineering-is-done-at-cognition-jia-wu-2kbkc6k0v og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2kBkc6k0v.png og:image:alt: How Forward Deployed Engineering is done at Cognition — Jia Wu og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How Forward Deployed Engineering is done at Cognition — Jia Wu **[AI Engineer](https://daily.dev/sources/aidotengineer)** · 17 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Jia Wu, a forward-deployed engineering lead at Cognition, explains how the company deploys its AI coding agent Devin at enterprise customers. The talk covers the philosophy behind forward-deployed engineering: deeply understanding customer problem spaces, mapping Devin's capabilities to specific business needs rather than blindly maximizing token usage, and feeding field insights back to the product team. Wu shares case studies including a 150% headcount equivalent delivered over 3 months, 82% reduction in delivery timelines, and partnerships with companies like Nubank and Built. The role sits at the intersection of sales engineering, solutions architecture, and software engineering, requiring both technical depth and business acumen. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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