Senior Software Security Engineer, Cohere
Natural language processing AI platform
Open for applications
Natural language processing AI platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build machines that understand the world, and to make them safely accessible to all.
Role
Who you are
- Are you passionate about security architecture, design and secure coding? Do you want to be at the forefront of AI innovation and enterprise security?
- 5+ years previous experience in Product Security with a strong focus on security architecture and application security testing
- You have strong development skills, and have hands-on experience working in Python or Go
- You have a deep understanding of OIDC specifications, including OAuth 2.0, JWT, and related protocols
- You have a solid knowledge of security principles like session management, multi-factor authentication, and secure coding practices
- You have an understanding of application security principles, common vulnerabilities and are familiar with offensive security techniques and red teaming methodologies
- You are comfortable with ambiguity and are able to make informed decisions with little data
- You employ a flexible and constructive approach when solving problems
- You are able to make trade-offs between build vs. buy decisions - help build solutions and able to review what tools are available
- You understand secure engineering best practices, can articulate problem statements and propose solutions to both technically savvy and non-technical audiences
- If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply!
- If you want to work really hard on a glorious mission with teammates that want the same thing, Cohere is the place for you
What the job involves
- Cohere's North team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a focus on security to join our mission and make a significant impact
- As a Senior Software Engineer with a security focus, you'll play a pivotal role in building and securing North's architecture
- Security Architecture Reviews: Conducting security architecture reviews and threat modeling to ensure North's robust security posture
- Core Development: Contributing to the core development of security features such as OIDC/OAuth flows and session management, ensuring North's AI agents are secure and compliant
- Secure Coding Practices: Writing secure code to handle OIDC tokens, user claims, and sensitive data, adhering to best practices for JWT validation and encryption
- Authentication and Data Protection: Advising on authentication mechanisms including user login, token management, and authorization checks to maintain data integrity
- Tool Integration: Pulling in new tools and influencing security decisions to enhance North's capabilities
- Application Security Testing: Designing and executing simulated attacks against applications and systems to evaluate their resilience against real-world threats
- Cross-functional Relationships: Demonstrating strong soft skills to communicate security best practices to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner
Our take
The AI industry biggest stakeholders insist that the next step in enhancing web experiences will be through natural language interactions. While this may be true, only companies with considerable resources can reasonably address the gap needed to bring NLP to the forefront of web integration. Cohere was founded to address this shortfall between NLP development, widespread usage, and the resources required.
Cohere works on building top-of-the-class NLP processing models and software which it makes available to customers through APIs and custom solutions. In a strategic move, the company has partnered with Google Cloud, giving them access to resources that will undoubtedly push the field of NLP forward. This allows Cohere to serve as middlemen by offering a wide range of customers a product built on unmatched technology.
AI is currently a worldwide talking point and so it is no surprise that Cohere has seen rapid development, and raised $270M in a 2023 funding round. The company plans to introduce a dialogue model that would resemble ChatGPT, however, in this case, its technology would be mainly accessible to developers and businesses.
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Insights
192% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2024
$500m
SERIES D
Mar 2023
$270m
SERIES C
Total funding: $940m
Company benefits
- We cover 100% of premiums across health, dental, vision & travel
- We offer RRSP, 401K, and Pension Scheme contributions
- We offer lunch and fitness studio credits and a quality time fund which can be spent on things like dog walking and laundry services
- We want everyone who contributes to our success to get a ‘piece of the pie’
- Work Remote & PTO
- We know that some people work better at home, so we are remote-first, and sure that all meetings, events, and opportunities are set up for our distributed team
- Every employee at Cohere gets 6 weeks of paid time off & US and Canadian federal holidays, and we provide unlimited sick days
- All new parents (including those who adopt or go through a surrogate journey) are eligible to receive 100% salary for 6 months in Canada, the US, and the UK
- The decision and journey to having kids is different for each person and family. Part of our commitment to diversity is being able to support the widest variety of these scenarios as we can so we offer financial support for egg freezing and IVF for those in the US, Canada and the UK
- Every employee at Cohere receives an annual $2,000 education fund to use as they please
Company HQ
Grange Park, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Aidan Gomez
(CEO)Has a PhD in Computer Science from Oxford University. Previously worked as a Researcher at Google (Brain) and FOR.ai
Ivan Zhang
(CTO)Previous experience working in research and engineering at For.ai, Cortex labs, Pressly and Ranomics.
Nick Frosst
(CTO)Previously worked as a Research Engineer at Google (Brain).
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