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Cognism Limited

cognism.com · software industry · Cognism is a leader in premium sales intelligence, setting a new standard for data quality and compliance, trusted by over +4000 customers worldwide.

18open roles
7new in 30 days
2closed in 30 days
0remote-eligible
steadyhiring velocity

What they're building

Scaling the DaaS, API and MCP platform for enterprise customers and AI agents strong signal

Today: MCP & API: connect Cognism's verified B2B data to AI assistants and GTM systems (site)

Roles: Staff Software Engineer – DaaS / APIs / MCP · Senior Software Engineer – DaaS / APIs / MCP · Senior Product Manager, Data

Requirements mention: 8+ years building large-scale backend systems · Experience with event-driven architectures · Kafka or event-driven architectures · Driving architectural decisions · data products · packaged and priced

Inference: Cognism already sells MCP & API access. These roles, which include staff-level architecture ownership and a data product manager, suggest it is scaling that offering and packaging more of its data as products for CRMs, APIs and agentic systems. No launch date is stated.

Warsaw engineering hub and AWS cloud platform, with cost and ML infrastructure work strong signal

Today: The B2B data and sales intelligence platform, which this AWS infrastructure runs

Roles: Senior Platform Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) · FinOps Expert(Temporary Contract) · MLOps Engineer · Executive Assistant to the CPTO & R&D Leadership

Requirements mention: Hands-on AWS experience in production environments · Identify opportunities for cloud optimisation and FinOps improvements · AWS rightsizing · cost allocation · MLOps best practices

Inference: engineering hiring is concentrated in Poland and Warsaw, which one posting describes as 'one of our key R&D hubs'. Cloud cost control and reliability work are being posted alongside the product engineering roles.

CRM integrations and enrichment workflows moderate signal

Today: CRM enrichment: enrich sales and marketing data and inbound leads in the CRM (site)

Roles: Senior Software Engineer – Integrations & Enrich · Senior Product Manager, Data

Requirements mention: APIs and system integrations · asynchronous processing · ETL · CRMs

Inference: one engineering role is dedicated to CRM integrations, enrichment and sync. This points to continued work on the CRM enrichment product.

Sales and pipeline capacity in France, DACH and London moderate signal

Today: Sales prospecting (site navigation: Sales prospecting, CRM enrichment, MCP & API)

Roles: Sales Director, France · Senior Demand Generation Manager · Sales Development Representative (London, 2026-06-18) · Sales Development Representative (London, 2026-06-05)

Requirements mention: lead a team of Account Executives · Native-level French fluency · pipeline creation · ABM execution · cold calls

Inference: the newest commercial postings add sales leadership in Paris and a DACH-focused demand generation role in Cologne. They sit alongside two London SDR roles that have been open since June.

Security compliance (ISO 27001, SOC 2) and security engineering moderate signal

Today: setting a new standard for data quality and compliance (site description)

Roles: Information Security Analyst · Director, Security Engineering & Operations (London, opened 2026-07-02; same title also posted in Warsaw, 2026-04-29)

Requirements mention: ISO 27001 · SOC 2 · audit readiness · secure SDLC · AI/LLM security risks

Inference: one analyst role supports audit readiness across ISO 27001 and SOC 2. A director-level security engineering role covers the product, the data pipelines and the corporate environment. The same title appears in two locations and may be a single hire.

Where the headcount is going

DepartmentOpen
Research and Development (R&D)4
Go-to-Market (GTM)3
Information Security3
Sales/SDR1
Customer Success1
Finance1
Sales1
Product1
R&D Operations & Programmes1
Revenue Operations1
Engineering1

Of the 19 open roles, 11 are in R&D, product, engineering and security, against 8 in sales, marketing, customer success and finance, so current hiring leans technical, with Poland/Warsaw and London as the two main hubs.

Who they need

Seniority: Mostly senior (7), with mid (3), junior (3), director (2), manager (1), staff (1), vp (1) and intern (1) roles.

Skills named most: Kubernetes, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, AWS, Kafka, Scala, Java, Kotlin, Python, CI/CD, TypeScript/Node.js, Salesforce

Locations: London (7), Poland (4), Warsaw (3), Cologne (1), Skopje (1), Paris (1), London; Poland (1), Croatia (1). No remote roles are listed.

How to use this

If you're applying: Engineers with Kubernetes, AWS and Kafka experience should look at the Warsaw and Poland roles. German speakers can look at the Cologne demand generation role and the London German-speaking training role. Check the location line on each posting, since none are listed as remote.

If you're selling or recruiting: Recruiters: the newest commercial openings are Sales Director, France (opened 2026-10-01) and Senior Demand Generation Manager, DACH (opened 2026-10-08). The London SDR roles have been open since June. Vendors: the postings show active work on AWS cost management (FinOps), ISO 27001/SOC 2 audit readiness and ML platform infrastructure. 6 roles opened in the last 30 days and none closed.

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Open roles (18)

TitleDepartmentLocationPosted
Sales Development RepresentativeSales/SDRCologne2026-10-13
Senior Demand Generation Manager Go-to-Market (GTM)Cologne2026-10-08
Provisioning SpecialistCustomer SuccessSkopje2026-10-07
AP Clerk (Part Time)FinanceLondon2026-10-07
Sales Director, France SalesParis2026-10-01
Senior Product Manager, Data ProductLondon2026-09-30
FinOps Expert(Temporary Contract)R&D Operations & ProgrammesLondon; Poland2026-09-29
VP, Revenue OperationsRevenue OperationsLondon2026-09-10
Senior Platform Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Research and Development (R&D)Poland2026-08-26
Staff Software Engineer – DaaS / APIs / MCPResearch and Development (R&D)Poland2026-08-26
Senior Software Engineer – Integrations & EnrichResearch and Development (R&D)Warsaw2026-08-26
Senior Software Engineer – DaaS / APIs / MCP Research and Development (R&D)Poland2026-08-26
Information Security AnalystInformation SecurityCroatia2026-08-06
MLOps EngineerEngineeringWarsaw2026-08-05
Director, Security Engineering & Operations Information SecurityLondon2026-07-02
Sales Development Representative Go-to-Market (GTM)London2026-06-18
Sales Development Representative Go-to-Market (GTM)London2026-06-05
Director, Security Engineering & Operations Information SecurityWarsaw2026-04-29