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# Principal Software Engineer at Cognite - AI for Industry

- **Company:** Cognite - AI for Industry
- **Location:** Phoenix, AZ
- **Posted:** 2026-08-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/cognite/jobs/4960573101

## Job description

What Cognite is: Relentless to achieve

Cognite operates at the forefront of industrial digitalization, building AI, and data solutions that solve the world’s hardest, highest-impact problems. With unmatched industrial heritage and a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities, including low-code AI agents, Cognite accelerates the digital transformation to drive operational improvements.

We thrive in challenges. We challenge assumptions. We execute with speed and ownership. If you view obstacles as signals to step forward - not backwards - you’ll feel right at home here.

Our [Moonshot](https://www.cognite.com/en/company/newsroom/cognite-s-industrial-ai-momentum-soars-driving-ecosystem-impact-at-global-conference) is bold: Unlock $100B in customer value by 2035, and redefine how global industry works. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we will forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.

## How you’ll demonstrate Ownership

Are you a visionary Principal Full Stack Engineer eager to architect, build, and lead the development of intuitive user experiences and robust backend systems that transform industrial operations? At Cognite, we're not just building software; we're pioneering the future of industrial data with our award-winning Cognite Data Fusion® platform, recognized as the 2022 Technology Innovation Leader for Global Digital Industrial Platforms.

Our Product team is at the core of developing Cognite Data Fusion® into a robust and scalable platform for solving critical industrial data problems. This work is central to transforming asset-intensive industries – making them safer, more sustainable, and more profitable. Cognite Data Fusion® makes operational data available at scale, adding immense value through advanced data processing. This empowers industries to make truly data-driven decisions. Our platform leverages many different technologies, each chosen for its ability to solve specific challenges effectively.

To build the best possible product, we believe in autonomous teams where developers, designers, and product managers work closely together. Our teams are focused on building the next-generation industrial data platform and applications across diverse industries like Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, and Power & Utility. This includes enabling all types of workflows, from advanced analytics to assisting in critical decision-making. We're a strong mix of engineers, product managers, and designers, united by a deep commitment to user experience and creating products users genuinely want to use.

Our work environment is exciting, dynamic, and intense. You'll collaborate with top-tier domain and industry experts: designers, product managers, backend developers, ML engineers, 3D developers, and business leaders. We support one another, ask incisive questions, and give constructive feedback. Our goal is to leverage our diverse strengths and backgrounds to build innovative products, think outside the ordinary, and nurture a truly great culture.

The Impact you bring to Cognite

As a Principal Full Stack Engineer, you'll be a key player in designing, building, and maintaining both the frontend and backend of industrial data platforms and applications. You'll have the opportunity to:

- Drive architectural decisions and lead the implementation of scalable full stack solutions across a diverse technology landscape, taking ownership of complex problems from concept to deployment.
- Collaborate in a fast-paced environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts.
- Design and implement elegant APIs, intuitive user experiences, and the underlying infrastructure.
- Influence and shape the strategic product roadmap and technical direction for key areas of our platform, working collaboratively with cross-functional leadership.
- Work closely with our skilled users to understand their needs and build products that help them succeed.
- Design, build, and maintain large-scale infrastructure and web services to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
- Work with peers across teams to support and leverage a shared technical stack.

We're seeking a proactive and skilled engineer who is passionate about quality, user satisfaction, and building robust, end-to-end solutions.

- You love making users happy and are committed to creating products they truly want to use 😄
- You're skilled at prioritizing your tasks and distributing your time and resources most efficiently to optimize for impact.
- You write well-structured, efficient, and maintainable code and actively champion code quality.
- Expert knowledge of computer science with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
- Relevant and hands-on concentrated experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Kotlin, Java, Python, or Rust).
- You possess deep expertise in modern JavaScript and TypeScript, with extensive experience in leading frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue, or similar component-based architectures). Familiarity with state management patterns, build tooling (Webpack, Vite), and testing frameworks is highly valued.
- Hands-on experience with large-scale cloud deployments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and Kubernetes.
- Strong problem-solving skills, technical troubleshooting, and diagnosing complex system issues to ensure optimal performance and minimal downtime.
- Proven ability to prioritize work for maximum impact.
- You're comfortable learning new coding languages and choosing the best tool for the job.
- You're accustomed to working in an English-speaking environment.

As we're hiring across several teams, many past experiences can be a bonus, for example:

- Experience mentoring junior engineers, leading significant projects, or designing and scaling complex full stack architectures will be a distinct advantage.
- Prior experience in industrial software, IoT, or large-scale data visualization projects is a plus.
- Experience in a SaaS product environment is an advantage but not a requirement.
- Experience building mobile applications.

A snapshot of our many perks and benefits as a Cogniter

- Competitive compensation
- 401(k) with employer matching
- Competitive health, dental, vision & disability coverages for employees and all dependents
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid Parental Leave Program
- Employee Referral Program

Learn more about us

- [Impact 2025](https://www.cognite.com/en/resources/blog/key-highlights-from-impact-2025)
- [Cognite's Industrial AI: Moonshot](https://www.cognite.com/en/company/newsroom/cognite-s-industrial-ai-momentum-soars-driving-ecosystem-impact-at-global-conference)
- We’re globally recognized domain experts with an international presence that spans Phoenix, Houston, Oslo Tokyo, Bengaluru, and Abu Dhabi.

## Equal Opportunity

Cognite is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive the same level of consideration for employment.

## About Cognite - AI for Industry

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cognite delivers industrial AI software that unifies siloed operational data to help energy, process manufacturing, and other industrial companies improve production efficiency and scale AI solutions.
- **Entity Type**: Private (backed by Aker ASA, total funding of $338.9M)
- **Headquarters**: Tempe, Arizona, United States (global HQ; also Lysaker, Norway)
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (co-founded by a team with industrial and tech backgrounds)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Industrial AI, Industrial DataOps, Energy (oil & gas, renewables), Process Manufacturing, Power & Utilities
- **Target customers**: B2B – enterprise industrial companies (energy, manufacturing, chemicals, etc.)
- **Mission or purpose**: “Power a high-tech, sustainable, and profitable industrial future” — enabling industrial teams to move faster, work safer, and achieve more with AI.

## Products & Services
- **Cognite Data Fusion®**: Open Industrial DataOps platform that contextualizes operational, engineering, and IT data into a real-time Industrial Knowledge Graph, making data accessible for AI and analytics. (SaaS/platform)
- **Cognite Atlas AI™**: Low-code industrial AI agent workbench for building and deploying agentic AI to automate complex operational tasks. (AI agent platform)
- **Cognite Flows™**: Tool for building and scaling production-ready industrial workflows 100x faster. (Workflow automation)
- **Composable reference applications**: Pre-built solutions for production optimization, smart maintenance, workforce digitalization, and sustainability.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding $338.9M (5 rounds); Annual revenue SEK 790.7M (approx. $75M based on current exchange rates, but exact USD not given)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Parent company Aker ASA; partners include Microsoft, Aker BP, Sopra Steria, Omny, Aize, and others. Recognized as a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Industrial DataOps Platforms.
- **Growth Signals**: 663 employees (+20.9% YoY); 102 active job postings (+67.2% YoY); LinkedIn followers 103,713 (+65.8% yearly); committed to delivering $100B in customer value by 2035; customers report 30-80% reduction in maintenance time and 4-month deployment cycles.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Industrial domain expertise**: Deep specialization in heavy industry (energy, process manufacturing) with a platform built for complex OT/IT data integration.
- **Open ecosystem**: Works with any cloud, any data source, any LLM, enabling flexible partnerships and off-the-shelf integrations.
- **Low-code AI agents**: Cognite Atlas AI allows domain experts to build AI agents without deep coding, speeding adoption.
- **Proven ROI**: Customers report 10x productivity improvements, rapid scaling (e.g., from pilot to 9 facilities in months), and significant downtime reduction.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling industrial AI**: Accelerate time-to-value with pre-built solutions, AI agents, and use-case best practices.
- **Global expansion**: Growing presence in Americas (Tempe, Austin, Houston), Europe (Oslo), Asia (Tokyo, Bengaluru).
- **Customer value commitment**: Ambitious goal of $100B in customer value by 2035.
- **Partner ecosystem**: Deepening integrations with cloud providers, system integrators, and industrial software vendors.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Values of Relentless (innovation, learning from setbacks), Ownership (shared responsibility, inclusivity), and Impact (result-oriented, adding value to team and customers). Described as “smart, passionate builders, and problem solvers.”
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: Hybrid model with offices in Tempe, Austin, Houston, Oslo, Tokyo, Bengaluru. Some roles listed as “USA (remote)” indicating flexibility for certain positions.
- **Diversity**: Employees from 60+ countries; global team of engineers, product managers, domain experts.
- **Perks & Growth**: Opportunity to work on “biggest impact on our planet” — industrial AI at scale; strong investment in R&D and career development; fast-growing company with 100+ open roles.
- **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on AI, data engineering, machine learning, and full-stack development; roles like Senior AI Engineer, ML Engineer, Data Engineer, Applied AI Engineer.

## Sources
1. [cognite.com](https://www.cognite.com/en)
2. [cognite.com](https://www.cognite.com/en/company/about-us-cognite)
3. [cognite.com](https://www.cognite.com/en/company/careers)
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognitedata)
5. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/cognite)

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