Who are we?
Our mission is to scale intelligence to serve humanity. We’re training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like semantic search, RAG, and agents. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI.
We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. We like to work hard and move fast to do what’s best for our customers.
Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are passionate about their craft. Each person is the one of the best in the world at what they do. We believe that a diverse range of perspectives is a requirement for building great products.
Join us on our mission and shape the future!
Why this role?
The Model Efficiency team advances Cohere base models’ speed, reduces model size, and increases compute efficiency through improving model architecture and optimizing ML frameworks.
Please Note: We have offices in Toronto, Palo Alto, and London but embrace being remote-first! There are no restrictions on where you can be located for this role.
As a Tech Lead Manager, Model Efficiency, you will:
- Drive the team: hire, mentor, and coach team members.
- Own the team’s technical strategy and roadmap by setting metrics, and product-focused goals.
- Have a deep understanding of ML accelerators, model architectures, and how to optimize their model performance on accelerators for inference.
- Work with product managers, tech leads, and machine learning engineers to build out engineering plans or capture requirements.
- Manage the team’s workload and priorities, ensuring timely delivery of projects.
- Mentor and coach team members, providing guidance on technical and career development.
You may be a good fit if:
- You have a proven track record as a people leader (3+ years of experience in engineering management); you are passionate about building rapport with your team and you prioritize 1:1s.
- You have hands-on experience with large language models (LLMs).
- You have experience developing large foundation models, distributed training infrastructure, and/or inference frameworks.
- You have excellent presentation and communication skills; comfortable explaining technical topics to non-technical users or members of other teams.
- You are passionate about recruiting, growing people and teams.
- You are comfortable with leading multiple projects and adjusting processes quickly when priorities change.
If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply! If you consider yourself a thoughtful worker, a lifelong learner, and a kind and playful team member, Cohere is the place for you.
We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome applicants of all kinds and are committed to providing an equal opportunity process. Cohere provides accessibility accommodations during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Our Perks:
🤝 An open and inclusive culture and work environment
🧑💻 Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research
🍽 Weekly lunch stipend, in-office lunches & snacks
🦷 Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget to take care of your mental health
🐣 100% Parental Leave top-up for 6 months for employees based in Canada, the US, and the UK
🎨 Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement
🏙 Remote-flexible, offices in Toronto, Palo Alto, San-Francisco and London and co-working stipend
✈️ 6 weeks of vacation
Note: This post is co-authored by both Cohere humans and Cohere technology.
