Member of Technical Staff (Sovereign AI)

Cohere; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Open and inclusive culture

Weekly lunch stipend

Full health and dental benefits

100% Parental Leave top-up

Personal enrichment benefits

6 weeks of vacation

Job summary

A leading AI research company in Canada seeks a Member of Technical Staff - Public Sector to design and implement agentic AI systems. Responsibilities include building systems for critical use cases, conducting research, and collaborating with top researchers. Ideal candidates possess strong software engineering skills and proficiency in Python. Canadian citizenship is mandatory. We offer an inclusive culture, generous perks, and 6 weeks of vacation.

Qualifications

• Canadian citizenship and eligibility for security clearance required.
• Strong software engineering skills and proficiency in Python.
• Experience in training and using large language models.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and scale AI systems for mission-critical use cases.
• Research and experiment with ideas on AI infrastructure.
• Execute across the full AI stack and ship products for public interest.

Skills

Software engineering skills

Proficiency in Python

Experience with LLMs

Experience with distributed GPU training

Job description

Who are we?

Our mission is to scale intelligence to serve humanity. We’re training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like content generation, semantic search, RAG, and agents. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI.

We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. We like to work hard and move fast to do what’s best for our customers.

Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are passionate about their craft. Each person is one of the best in the world at what they do. We believe that a diverse range of perspectives is a requirement for building great products.

Join us on our mission and shape the future!

Why this role?

Design and implement novel research ideas, ship state of the art models to production, and maintain deep connections to academia and the government. We have one of the highest ratio of compute to engineers in the world. We do not delineate strongly between engineering and research. Everyone will contribute to writing production code and conducting research depending on individual interest and organizational needs. We have all the compute, data, and talent available for you to do your best work.

As a Member of Technical Staff - Public Sector, you will:

• Design, build and scale agentic AI systems for serving mission critical use cases.
• Research, implement, and experiment with ideas on our supercompute and data infrastructure.
• Learn from and work with the best researchers in the field.
• Execute across the full AI stack and ship products to serve public interest.

You may be a good fit if you have:

• Canadian citizenship and eligibility for security clearance (required for this role).
• Extremely strong software engineering skills.
• Proficiency in Python and related ML frameworks.
• Experience training, evaluating, and using (as an end-user) LLMs.
• Experience using large‑scale distributed (GPU) LLM training strategies.
• Bonus: paper at top‑tier venues (such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AIStats, MLSys, JMLR, AAAI, Nature, COLING, ACL, EMNLP).

If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply!

We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please submit Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.

Full‑Time Employees at Cohere enjoy these Perks:

🤝 An open and inclusive culture and work environment

🧑💻 Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research

🍽 Weekly lunch stipend, in‑office lunches & snacks

🦷 Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget to take care of your mental health

🐣 100% Parental Leave top‑up for up to 6 months

🎨 Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well‑being, quality time, and workspace improvement

🏙 Remote‑flexible, offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco, London and Paris, as well as a co‑working stipend

✈️ 6 weeks of vacation (30 working days!)