Software Engineer, Adoption

Cohere; Toronto, Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch stipend

Health and dental benefits

RRSP matching

Parental leave

Enrichment benefits

6 weeks vacation

Remote work stipend + travel budget

Home office stipend

Job summary

Cohere is seeking a software engineer to develop features for North, its AI workspace platform. You will build autonomous agents that interact with sensitive enterprise data and ship minimal, secure code that runs in constrained environments.

You will collaborate with researchers to productionize models and contribute across the stack. The role emphasizes security, fast delivery, and ownership across frontend, backend, and AI-powered systems, with a remote-friendly, hybrid setup in Toronto and

Qualifications

• Two years of software engineering experience or more.
• Shipped fullstack Python/React production code.
• Comfortable across the frontend, backend, and data stores.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship features for North, Cohere's AI workspace platform.
• Develop autonomous agents that interact with enterprise data.
• Write minimal code suitable for low-resource environments with strict deployment.
• Collaborate with researchers to productionize state-of-the-art models.

Skills

Python

React

TypeScript

Fullstack development

Security-conscious coding

Tools

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

Job description

Who are we?

Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are designed to solve real-world business problems.

We’re training and deploying frontier models for enterprises who are building AI systems. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI and we are looking for folks that want to be part of that.

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. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are all passionate about their craft.

We are a global technology company headquartered in Toronto with key offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul. Join us!

Why this role?

North is Cohere's cutting-edge AI workspace platform, designed to revolutionize the way enterprises utilize AI. It offers a secure and customizable environment, allowing companies to deploy AI while maintaining control over sensitive data. North integrates seamlessly with existing workflows, providing a trusted platform that connects AI agents with workplace tools and applications.

This is broad product engineering work across frontend, backend, and AI-powered systems. The goal is to ship reliable software that helps customers augment or automate real business workflows with agents and automations they can trust.

In this role you will:

• Build and ship features for North, our AI workspace platform

• Develop autonomous agents that talk to sensitive enterprise data

• Write and ship minimal code that runs in low-resource environments, and has highly stringent deployment mechanisms

• As security and privacy are paramount, you will sometimes need to re-invent the wheel, and won’t be able to use the most popular libraries or tooling

• Collaborate with researchers to productionize state-of-the‑art models and techniques

You may be a good fit if:

• You have at least two years' experience

• Have shipped (lots of) fullstack code (Python and React) in production

• You excel in fast-paced environments and can execute while priorities and objectives are a moving target

• You’ve worked in both large enterprises and startups

• You have strong coding abilities and are comfortable working across the stack.

• You’re able to read and understand, and even fix issues outside of the main code base

• You have built and deployed extremely performant client-side or server-side RAG/agentic applications to millions of users.

• Bonus: You love art and have an eye for design and a creative mindset - A plus, if you have a portfolio, GitHub or other showcases of your projects

Our stack includes Python, TypeScript with React, Postgres, and Kubernetes. We care more about strong fundamentals, product judgment, agency, and learning ability than prior experience with every part of the stack.

If this role sounds exciting, but your experience does not match every bullet, 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 an Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.

Full-Time Employees at Cohere enjoy these Perks:

• A weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in your local currency for lunch.

• Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health.

• RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme.

• 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months, for either parent.

• Annual enrichment benefits:

  Arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and a workspace improvement credit.

  Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching.

• 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days!)

• Budget for traveling to other offices if you are remote, plus an annual company offsite.

How and Where We Work:

• Cohere is remote-friendly, but we also have offices in Toronto, London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul with more opening soon.

• For those in the office: a daily lunch program, plenty of snacks, and regular community and social events.

• For those not near an office: a co-working benefit so you can work alongside others in your city.

• Everyone receives a $500 home office stipend to set up your workspace properly.

If any of the above doesn’t line up exactly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply.

We may use AI-enabled tools to screen and assess applicants against the criteria for this position. This helps our recruiters identify potentially qualified candidates, but it doesn't limit the applications our recruiters may review or consider.