Research Engineer, Cohere
Enterprise-grade AI solutions for real-world business problems
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Enterprise-grade AI solutions for real-world business problems
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower businesses to scale innovation, boost productivity, and drive progress that reaches everyone.
Role
Who you are
- You don’t need to have everything figured out yet. We care more about curiosity, strong fundamentals, and a willingness to learn quickly in a fast-moving research environment
- Have a strong engineering background in machine learning, NLP, or related areas (through a Master’s degree, industry experience, or equivalent hands-on work)
- Enjoy writing clean, reliable code and building systems that others can use and extend
- Are comfortable experimenting, running ablations, analyzing results, and iterating quickly
- Have experience with deep learning frameworks and model optimization techniques (PyTorch, distributed training, RLHF, finetuning, evaluation frameworks)
- Like collaborating closely with researchers and translating ideas into practical implementations
- Are excited to grow your research instincts while staying grounded in engineering excellence
- At Cohere Labs, research engineers are not just support roles. They are core contributors who help define how ideas become reality. If you want to work on meaningful problems, learn fast, and help build tools that shape the future of AI, we’d love to hear from you
- If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply!
What the job involves
- We’re looking for Research Engineers who enjoy getting their hands dirty: building experiments, debugging models, scaling training pipelines, and turning research ideas into working systems
- This is a highly practical role. You’ll work closely with scientists and other engineers to implement new methods, run large-scale experiments, and help shape the infrastructure that supports our research programs
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 7 rounds)
Sep 2025
$100m
LATE VC
Aug 2025
$500m
LATE VC
Total funding: $1.5bn
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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