Director, Engineering Fellow NLP - job 1 of 2

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 content generation, 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 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!

Key responsibilities

• Determining the strategic direction and establishing objectives for the company’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) research and product development operations.

• Leading Customer Engagement and Research and developing policies to ensure all technical initiatives are aligned with business goals.

• Working with the executive team and partners to prioritize short and long-term investments.

• Having responsibility for overseeing all AI research and product development operations that incorporate Natural Language Processing (NLP), including the product lifecycle from conception to deployment and the allocation of personnel financial and material resources.

• Defining and directing the development and implementation of a technical roadmap and strategy for AI product development and lifecycle implementation by leveraging insights from customer engagements.

• Overseeing engineering research projects on the competitive landscape and industry trends to stay up to date on the latest AI and deep learning papers from leading conferences (NeurIPS, ICLR, etc.). 

• Leading cross-functional teams and delegating the authority to subordinate managers to ensure that NLP features meet market needs and create a competitive edge. 

• Overseeing the analysis of product data to understand usage and find opportunities for improvement.

• Leading, developing and controlling AI product development and production schedules. This includes defining the major milestones for projects, identifying critical paths, tracking project progress and adjusting production plans to ensure technical projects are completed on time and within established budget.

• Representing the organization at conferences and other public speaking engagements.

• Providing direction, leadership and guidance essential to the professional development of the AI product development team under their responsibility. 

• Managing the recruitment and training of AI product development personnel.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.

• 3+ years of experience in a senior management role within the AI industry.

• 5+ years of Machine Learning research, software design and development experience.

• Advanced AI and Machine Learning experience with a wide range of AI techniques, including deep learning, reinforcement learning, and self-supervised learning. 

• Strong command of NLP techniques, including language representation models (e.g., BERT, GPT), dialogue systems, information retrieval, and information extraction. 

• Proficiency in industry-standard Large Language Models (LLMs) and architectures, and development of frameworks that include TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar frameworks for building, training, and deploying language models.

• Experience with AWS and Google Cloud computing platforms.

171 John Street, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1X3

Hybrid, Permanent, Full-time, 40 hours per week

Compensation: $270,000 to $300,000 per year, commensurate with experience.

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.

We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please submit an Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.

Full-Time Employees at Cohere enjoy these 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, New York, 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.