Software Engineer, Agents & Automations

Cohere; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly lunch stipend

Full health and dental benefits

401(k) matching and pension scheme

Annual enrichment benefits

6 weeks of paid vacation

Home office stipend

Job summary

Cohere is looking for a Software Engineer for its Agents & Automations team to develop innovative AI solutions. The role involves full-spectrum engineering work, from frontend to backend, contributing to a secure AI workspace platform.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in production software, effective communication skills, and a passion for leveraging AI technology to enhance user interactions and workflows.

Qualifications

• Experience in building and operating production software.
• Comfortable working across different technical areas.
• Strong attention to user experience and product outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain core capabilities for the Agents & Automations platform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on product definition and improvements.
• Implement features from technical design to deployment.

Skills

Production software development

Frontend and backend development

Strong product judgment

Clear communication

AI utilization

Tools

Python

TypeScript with React

Postgres

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 building AI systems. Our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI and we are looking for folks who want to be part of that. We obsess over what we build. Each one of us contributes to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they bring to our customers. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, all passionate about their craft.

We are a global technology company headquartered in Toronto and San Francisco, with key offices in London, New York, Montreal, Seoul, Germany and Paris. 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.

The Agents & Automations team builds the platform inside North that lets customers create AI‑powered workflows. These workflows can be structured automations (routing requests, keeping systems up to date, triggering approvals) or flexible agents that gather context, use tools, make decisions, and take action across enterprise systems.

As an engineer on this team, you will help build the core platform that makes this possible: the workflow builder, execution engine, integrations, debugging tools, observability, evaluation systems, and feedback loops that help customers understand and improve what they deploy. 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.

As a Software Engineer, Agents & Automations, You Will

• Design, build, ship, and maintain core capabilities for North’s Agents & Automations platform.
• Build product and platform features that help users create, run, debug, evaluate, and improve agents and automations.
• Own features end‑to‑end, from technical design through implementation, testing, launch, and iteration.
• Work across the stack, from frontend product surfaces to backend systems, depending on what the product needs.
• Make practical technical decisions that balance speed, quality, depth, and user impact.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, modelling, customer‑facing teams, and other engineers to define the right outcomes and ship measurable improvements.
• Use AI actively in your work, while staying intellectually engaged and accountable for the quality and reliability of what you ship.

Example Problems

Help users turn natural‑language intent into a working automation, add richer analytics for deployed agents, create better debugging tools for failed runs, or design workflow primitives that make complex enterprise automations easier to build.

You May Be a Good Fit If

• You have built, shipped, and operated production software used by real users or customers.
• You are comfortable working across backend, frontend, product, data, and infrastructure boundaries.
• You have strong product judgment, pay close attention to user experience details, and care deeply about whether your work helps the end user.
• You bring high agency: you act, tinker, learn quickly, and drive change without waiting for perfect instructions.
• You move quickly while maintaining a high bar for correctness, maintainability, and user impact.
• You communicate clearly in a distributed, asynchronous team, document important decisions, and collaborate well across functions.
• You can advocate for a point of view, change your mind when the evidence changes, and commit once a decision is made.
• You are excited to use AI to do your best work, while staying accountable for the systems you build.

Technical Stack

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.

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, 401(k), and 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.
• Everyone receives a $500 home office stipend.

How And Where We Work

• Cohere is remote‑friendly. We have offices in Toronto, San Francisco, New York, London, Paris, Montreal, and more coming 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.

Equal Opportunity

We 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. We may use AI‑enabled tools to screen and assess applicants against the criteria for this position, but it does not limit the applications our recruiters may review or consider.