Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure

About Us

Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products designed to solve real-world business problems. We train and deploy frontier models for enterprises building AI systems. Our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI, and we are looking for individuals passionate about contributing to this mission.

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

About the Role

We're building the data infrastructure behind some of the most demanding AI training workloads in the world. In this role, you'll work on the high-performance data layer our Modeling teams rely on for training and evaluation jobs.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain petabyte-scale storage infrastructure, addressing networking and performance challenges.
• Collaborate daily with researchers and engineers who are leaders in their fields.
• Transform unstructured data into performant datasets across diverse storage backends including S3, GCS, and POSIX.
• Work with distributed data processing frameworks such as Apache Beam, Spark, or Flink.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience working on data storage infrastructure.
• Strong command of Python.
• Kubernetes experience, especially on the storage side (Persistent Volumes, CSI drivers, etc.).
• Ability to operate at the edge of what's known, with a desire to build something genuinely new.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Familiarity with modern analytics tooling such as BigQuery, Airflow, or dbt.
• Genuine excitement about AI; you follow the research and have opinions.
• Comfort with ambiguity and innovation beyond optimizing existing systems.

Benefits

• A weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in your local currency.
• Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health.
• RRSP matching, 401K, or 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 remote, plus an annual company offsite.
• $500 home office stipend to set up your workspace.

Schedule

This is a full-time position.

Work Arrangements

Cohere is remote-friendly with offices in Toronto, London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin, and Seoul.

• For those in the office: Daily lunch program, snacks, and regular community and social events.
• For those not near an office: Co-working benefit to work alongside others in your city.