Software Engineer Intern (Fall / Winter 2026)

Cohere; Toronto; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly lunch stipend

Full health and dental benefits

6 weeks of vacation

Remote-flexible work environment

Job summary

Cohere is looking for a passionate Software Engineering Intern in Canada to contribute to AI development. This internship involves building user-facing products, developing API features, and designing robust data pipelines. The role emphasizes autonomy, mentorship, and hands-on experience in a cutting-edge environment. Exceptional benefits include an inclusive culture, health plans, and ample vacation. Candidates should be enrolled in a post-secondary program and eager to work full-time for 3-6 months.

Qualifications

• Students looking for a full-time internship for 3-6 months.
• Experience can be in coding, API development, or system design.
• Must have a passion for AI development and machine learning.

Responsibilities

• Ship user-facing product experiences through code.
• Build impactful API features.
• Design data pipelines for ML development.
• Enhance CI/CD processes and tooling.

Skills

Experience with datasets for machine learning

Proficiency in coding (JavaScript, Python, etc.)

Understanding of data pipelines

Ability to adopt new technologies

Technical writing skills

Education

Currently enrolled in a post-secondary program

Tools

CI/CD tools

Cloud services (AWS, Google Cloud, etc.)

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?

This role is for students who are excited about building the next generation of machine learning models and NLP products. Our SWE roles can cover creating datasets for machine learning, scaling the pods to serve our API, or even building out new security features on our platform. We don't distinguish much between interns and full time employees, and you’ll have plenty of opportunities to push code to production. You'll have full autonomy and ownership over high-impact work, and will be backed by an incredible team of leaders and mentors.

As a Software Engineering Intern, you will:

• Ship delightful experiences for our user-facing products, meticulously crafting code for browsers or server code.
• Build features for the API platform that directly impact users.
• Design and implement robust data pipelines (crawlers, storage, filters).
• Design and implement scalable services or infrastructure for machine learning development.
• Build internal tooling (CI/CD, dev utilities) to move faster together.
• Build technical writing skills through maintaining and contributing to technical documentation, both internal and external facing.
• Keep up with the cutting edge and adopt new technologies to improve performance and reliability across Cohere.

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

Eligibility

To be eligible for this position, you should be currently enrolled in a post-secondary program and available for a full time 3-6 month internship, co-op, or research work term.

We value and celebrate diversity

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

Benefits for Full Time Employees at Cohere

• 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!)