Engineering Manager, Cohere
Agentic Platform
+ Equity/stock options
Enterprise-grade AI solutions for real-world business problems
Be an early applicant
Enterprise-grade AI solutions for real-world business problems
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity/stock options
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower businesses to scale innovation, boost productivity, and drive progress that reaches everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 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
- Experience managing engineers in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- Excellent communication skills in English
- If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply!
Desirable
- Fluency in additional European languages
- Experience with AI/ML infrastructure
- Background in enterprise security and compliance
What the job involves
- We're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Deployment Engineering team in EMEA
- This isn't a typical management role — we need someone who leads from the front, gets their hands dirty, and drives impact
- You'll manage a team of Forward Deployed Engineers who are on the front lines of deploying Cohere's North platform into customer environments
- You should be ready to be a force to be reckoned with
- Lead and mentor a team of Forward Deployed Engineers across EMEA
- 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
Our take
Many businesses are now faced with the challenge of adopting advanced AI safely and securely. While AI tools like ChatGPT are making headlines, companies (especially those in regulated industries such as banking, telecoms, or government services) worry about privacy, compliance, and control over their sensitive data. Cohere addresses these concerns by offering AI solutions that can be trained on a company's internal data and, importantly, run on their own infrastructure rather than relying on external cloud providers. And in a world where data breaches and regulatory scrutiny are constant threats, this focus on trust and security is key.
In a competitive landscape, dominated by giants like OpenAI, Google, and Elon Musk;'s xAI, Cohere is setting itself apart by targeting businesses exclusively. Its approach has earned it contracts with some big names, like Royal Bank of Canada, Fujitsu, LG, Oracle, and Dell. By focusing on reliability and enterprise adoption rather than viral consumer appeal, Cohere has carved out a strong niche for itself.
This isn't going unnoticed either, as the company recently raised $500M, boosting its valuation to $6.8B, and brought on board top talent from MEta and Uber to strengthen its leadership team. Alongside this, its doubled its annual recurring reveneu to $100M in 2025 and is aiming to hit $200M by year-end. With its North platform for AI agents and a lean cost structure compared with larger rivals, Cohere is very much ready for more growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
192% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Apr 2026
$600m
SERIES E
Sep 2025
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $2.1bn
Company benefits
- Six weeks’ paid vacation
- Equity / stock options
- RRSP, 401(k), and Pension Scheme contributions
- Coverage for 100% of your insurance premiums across health, dental, vision, and travel
- Additional coverage for accessing mental health providers/services
- Six months of fully paid parental leave, including adoption and surrogacy
- Financial support for egg freezing and IVF in Canada and the UK
- A monthly fitness and wellness allowance
- Globally dispersed company that supports a remote work culture
- A $2,000 annual education benefit for professional development
- A weekly stipend for meals when working remotely and catered lunch when working from one of our global offices
- A monthly arts and culture allowance
- A monthly quality time allowance
Company HQ
Grange Park, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Aidan Gomez
(Co-Founder & CEO)Aidan received a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Oxford in 2024 and has served as Cohere's CEO since co-founding the company in 2019.
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