Remote-First Deployment Engineering Manager - K8s & Cloud

Avenue.io Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly lunch stipend

Full health and dental benefits

RRSP matching / Pension

6 weeks paid vacation

Parental leave top-up

Home office stipend

Job summary

Cohere is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Deployment Engineering team, guiding Forward Deployed Engineers who deploy Cohere's North platform into customer environments. This role demands hands-on leadership and a drive to deliver impact across North America in a remote-friendly setup.

You'll collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Sales to shape AI delivery to enterprises, mentoring teams on cloud infra, Kubernetes, and enterprise-grade deployments while optimizing performance and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with demonstrated leadership.
• Hands-on experience deploying enterprise software at scale.
• Strong expertise in cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines.
• High agency — you don't wait for permission to solve problems.
• A doer mentality — you dig in and get stuff done.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Forward Deployed Engineers.
• Drive end-to-end deployment of North in private cloud and on-premises environments.
• Take ownership of customer success from technical implementation through delivery.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Sales to shape how we deliver AI to enterprises.
• Mentor your team on cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and enterprise-grade deployments.
• Optimize performance for OpenSearch, databases, and other K8s services.
• Define scaling guidelines for GPU and CPU compute resources.
• Build processes & technology that scales — we're growing fast.

Skills

Leadership experience

Cloud infrastructure

Kubernetes

Helm

CI/CD pipelines

English communication

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

CI/CD

Job description

Cohere is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Deployment Engineering team, guiding Forward Deployed Engineers who deploy Cohere's North platform into customer environments. This role demands hands-on leadership and a drive to deliver impact across North America in a remote-friendly setup.

You'll collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Sales to shape AI delivery to enterprises, mentoring teams on cloud infra, Kubernetes, and enterprise-grade deployments while optimizing performance and