Software Engineer, Cohere
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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
Job no longer available
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower businesses to scale innovation, boost productivity, and drive progress that reaches everyone.
Role
Who you are
- You care about bringing value to our users - not just the latest tech stack
- You are self-motivated, enjoy autonomy and proactively seek out problems to solve
- You’ve worked in both large enterprise and startups with multiple technology stacks
- You excel in fast-paced environments, and can execute while priorities and objectives are a moving target
- You have built applications that can run as either a managed service or self-hosted
- You have strong coding skills, and are comfortable working across the stack
- You shipped & supported Python applications in production environments
- 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
- As part of this role, you will work with a world-class team to build a platform that transforms how modern workers interact with LLMs today. Our mission is to ensure users come away inspired and excited to build with Cohere, and you will have the opportunity to make that happen
- Develop products that leverage LLMs & embedding models to improve employee productivity
- Create functionality that caters to enterprise user needs, with an emphasis on strong security and extendability
- Build applications that operate in environments with strict resource limits & minimal system dependencies
- Collaborate with machine learning engineers to utilize our models to their full potential
- Focus primarily on improving the backend & infrastructure, while operating as a generalist who picks up technologies needed to solve the problem at hand
- Work directly with end users to understand their pain points and resolve application failures
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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