Senior Full-Stack Engineer (North Admin)
Full Stack Engineer · Senior · Full Time · Remote
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Role
What you'll do.
Join Cohere as a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to build and ship features for North, our cutting-edge AI workspace platform designed for secure enterprise AI deployment. This role combines full-stack development expertise with cutting-edge AI/ML capabilities, requiring proficiency in Python and React to develop autonomous agents, optimize performance in resource-constrained environments, and collaborate with researchers to productionize state-of-the-art models while maintaining stringent security and privacy standards.
Responsibilities
- Feature Development and Shipping: Design, develop, and ship production-grade features for North, the enterprise AI workspace platform, ensuring high code quality and adherence to security-first principles while meeting fast-paced development cycles.
- Autonomous Agent Development: Build and optimize autonomous agents capable of securely interfacing with sensitive enterprise data, implementing robust error handling and maintaining data privacy throughout the agentic workflow.
- Performance Optimization: Write minimal, efficient code optimized for low-resource environments with stringent deployment constraints, ensuring applications maintain high performance across diverse infrastructure scenarios.
- Security-First Implementation: Implement custom solutions prioritizing security and privacy requirements, potentially re-inventing industry-standard approaches when necessary to meet Cohere's security-first philosophy rather than relying on popular third-party libraries.
- Model Productionization: Collaborate with machine learning researchers to productionize state-of-the-art foundation models and techniques, bridging the gap between research prototypes and production systems serving millions of users.
- Full-Stack Code Ownership: Take ownership of codebases across the full technology stack, troubleshoot issues across multiple systems, and maintain code quality standards in both backend and frontend components.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with security teams, product managers, and other engineers to ensure deployments meet enterprise compliance standards and deliver exceptional user experiences.
Qualifications
What we look for.
Technical
Full-Stack Production Development
Extensive shipping experience with production-grade full-stack applications, with demonstrated ability to write clean, maintainable code across both backend and frontend systems at scale.
Python Expertise
Deep proficiency in Python for backend development, including experience building performant server-side applications, APIs, and distributed systems that handle enterprise workloads.
React Proficiency
Strong experience building modern, responsive frontend applications with React, including component architecture, state management, and client-side optimization for performance-critical applications.
RAG and Agentic Systems
Hands-on experience building and deploying retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and agentic AI applications that operate at scale, with understanding of agent frameworks, tool integrations, and LLM interactions.
Performance Engineering
Demonstrated ability to optimize applications for performance, including profiling, benchmarking, and implementing solutions that work efficiently in resource-constrained environments.
Security and Privacy Implementation
Understanding of security best practices, data privacy requirements, and ability to implement custom solutions that prioritize security over convenience or industry-standard approaches.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Related Field
Formal education in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent field providing foundational knowledge in algorithms, data structures, and system design principles.
Equivalent Professional Experience
Extensive professional software engineering experience demonstrating the depth of knowledge typically acquired through formal computer science education, with proven track record of shipping production systems.
Experience
Large-Scale Distributed Systems
Experience working with enterprise-grade systems that handle millions of users, including exposure to deployment mechanisms, monitoring, and operational excellence in production environments.
Fast-Paced Environment Execution
Proven ability to deliver high-quality work in fast-paced environments where priorities shift dynamically, demonstrating adaptability and strong judgment in prioritization decisions.
Cross-Organization Experience
Background working in both large enterprises and startups, providing perspective on different organizational structures, decision-making processes, and scaling challenges.
Codebase Navigation and Troubleshooting
Strong ability to read, understand, and fix issues across unfamiliar code repositories and systems outside the primary focus area, demonstrating system-level thinking and debugging skills.
AI/ML Product Development
Experience taking machine learning models and AI systems from research to production, understanding the nuances of deploying models at scale and managing model lifecycle operations.
Skills
Required
Python
Production-grade Python development with focus on building scalable backend systems, APIs, and data-intensive applications for enterprise use cases.
React
Modern React development with proficiency in hooks, state management libraries, and performance optimization techniques for building responsive user interfaces.
Full-Stack Architecture
Ability to design and implement end-to-end solutions spanning frontend, backend, databases, and deployment infrastructure with consideration for scalability and security.
API Design and Development
Experience designing RESTful or GraphQL APIs that are secure, efficient, and maintainable, with understanding of authentication, rate limiting, and data serialization patterns.
System Design
Capability to design distributed systems, considering tradeoffs between consistency, availability, performance, and cost in enterprise environments.
Debugging and Troubleshooting
Strong debugging skills across multiple layers of the stack, including ability to read unfamiliar code, identify root causes, and implement effective solutions.
Preferred
Large Language Model (LLM) Integration
Nice to haveExperience integrating with LLMs and foundation models, including prompt engineering, handling model outputs, and optimizing for latency and cost.
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Nice to haveHands-on experience building RAG systems that combine retrieval mechanisms with generative models for improved accuracy and grounding in enterprise data.
Agentic AI Frameworks
Nice to haveFamiliarity with frameworks like LangChain, LlamaIndex, or other agentic systems for building autonomous AI agents capable of complex multi-step reasoning.
TypeScript/JavaScript
Nice to haveExperience with TypeScript for type-safe full-stack development or JavaScript for additional frontend flexibility and tooling ecosystem familiarity.
Enterprise Security and Compliance
Nice to haveUnderstanding of enterprise security requirements including SOC 2, GDPR, data residency, and encryption standards relevant to handling sensitive customer information.
Cloud Infrastructure
Nice to haveExperience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) for deploying, scaling, and monitoring production applications at enterprise scale.
Design Sensibility
Nice to havePortfolio or GitHub presence demonstrating product-minded thinking, attention to user experience, and ability to collaborate effectively with design teams on aesthetic and functional excellence.
CI/CD and DevOps
Nice to haveFamiliarity with continuous integration/deployment pipelines, containerization technologies like Docker/Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code for reproducible deployments.
Tech stack
Languages
Frameworks
Databases
Tools
Other
Compensation
Pay and benefits.
Base·USD 180,000 – 280,000
Equity·Stock options
Benefits
Weekly Lunch Stipend
Receive $75 USD equivalent per week in your local currency to support healthy nutrition and team bonding through shared meal experiences.
Comprehensive Health and Dental Coverage
Full health insurance and dental benefits with separate dedicated budget for mental health services, recognizing the importance of holistic employee wellbeing.
Retirement Plans
Employer-matched RRSP contributions for Canadian employees, 401(k) matching for US-based staff, and pension scheme participation for UK and European locations based on jurisdiction.
Parental Leave Support
100% salary top-up for up to 6 months of parental leave for either parent, supporting work-life balance and family planning without financial hardship.
Annual Enrichment Benefits
Dedicated budgets for arts and culture experiences, fitness and wellness programs, quality time activities, and workspace improvement credits to personalize your work environment.
Education and Learning Stipend
Financial support for professional development including conference attendance, online courses, certifications, and executive coaching to advance your career growth.
Generous Paid Vacation
Enjoy 6 weeks of paid vacation time (30 working days annually), significantly above industry standard, enabling proper rest and rejuvenation.
Office Travel and Offsite Budget
For remote employees, receive travel budget to visit Cohere's global offices and participate in the annual company offsite for in-person collaboration and community building.
Remote-Friendly Work Arrangement
Work from anywhere with access to Cohere's global office locations in Toronto, London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin, and Seoul, or operate fully remote.
Co-Working Space Benefit
If you're not near a Cohere office, receive a co-working space membership to work alongside other professionals in your city, maintaining community connection while remote.
Home Office Setup Stipend
Receive $500 to properly equip your home office workspace, from ergonomic furniture to technical equipment, enabling productive and comfortable remote work.
In-Office Perks
For office-based employees, enjoy daily lunch programs, premium snacks, regular community events, and social activities fostering team cohesion and workplace culture.
Process
Interview steps.
- 01
Application Screening
Submit your resume, portfolio, or GitHub profile showcasing your full-stack work and AI/ML project experience. Cohere may use AI-enabled tools to assess candidate qualifications against role requirements.
- 02
Technical Screening Call
Engage in a preliminary discussion with a recruiter or engineer to assess your background, experience with RAG/agentic systems, and alignment with the role's security-first philosophy.
- 03
System Design Interview
Demonstrate your ability to design scalable, secure full-stack systems, including architecture decisions for handling sensitive enterprise data in resource-constrained environments.
- 04
Coding Interview
Complete practical coding challenges assessing proficiency in Python and React, focusing on full-stack problem-solving, code quality, and ability to work across multiple technology layers.
- 05
Product and Research Collaboration Assessment
Discuss experience productionizing ML models and collaborating with researchers, evaluating your ability to bridge research innovation with production constraints and enterprise requirements.
- 06
Cross-Functional Team Interview
Meet with potential team members, including product managers and designers, to assess cultural fit, collaboration style, and ability to thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
- 07
Final Executive Conversation
Opportunity to discuss career goals, company vision, and role expectations with senior leadership, determining mutual fit and excitement about contributing to North's development.
Full posting
Original listing.
Who are we?
Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are designed to solve real-world business problems.
We’re training and deploying frontier models for enterprises who are building AI systems. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI and we are looking for folks that want to be part of that.
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. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are all passionate about their craft.
We are a global technology company headquartered in Toronto with key offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul. Join us!
About North:
North is Cohere's cutting-edge AI workspace platform, designed to revolutionize the way enterprises utilize AI. It offers a secure and customizable environment, allowing companies to deploy AI while maintaining control over sensitive data. North integrates seamlessly with existing workflows, providing a trusted platform that connects AI agents with workplace tools and applications.
In this role, you will:
Build and ship features for North, our AI workspace platform
Develop autonomous agents that talk to sensitive enterprise data
Write and ship minimal code that runs in low-resource environments, and has highly stringent deployment mechanisms
As security and privacy are paramount, you will sometimes need to re-invent the wheel, and won’t be able to use the most popular libraries or tooling
Collaborate with researchers to productionize state-of-the-art models and techniques
You may be a good fit if:
Have shipped (lots of) fullstack code (Python and React) in production
You excel in fast-paced environments and can execute while priorities and objectives are a moving target
You’ve worked in both large enterprises and startups
You have strong coding abilities and are comfortable working across the stack.
You’re able to read and understand, and even fix issues outside of the main code base
You have built and deployed extremely performant client-side or server-side RAG/agentic applications to millions of users.
Bonus: You love art and have an eye for design and a creative mindset - A plus, if you have a portfolio, GitHub or other showcases of your projects.
Full-Time Employees at Cohere enjoy these Perks:
A weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in your local currency for lunch.
Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health.
RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme.
100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months, for either parent.
Annual enrichment benefits:
Arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and a workspace improvement credit.
Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching.
6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days!)
Budget for traveling to other offices if you are remote, plus an annual company offsite.
How and Where We Work:
Cohere is remote-friendly, but we also have offices in Toronto, London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul with more opening soon.
For those in the office: a daily lunch program, plenty of snacks, and regular community and social events.
For those not near an office: a co-working benefit so you can work alongside others in your city.
Everyone receives a $500 home office stipend to set up your workspace properly.
If any of the above doesn’t line up exactly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply.
We 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.
We may use AI-enabled tools to screen and assess applicants against the criteria for this position. This helps our recruiters identify potentially qualified candidates, but it doesn't limit the applications our recruiters may review or consider.
Beware of Scams: Cohere will never ask for payment or third-party services (e.g., CV writing) as part of our hiring process. All legitimate roles are listed on the Cohere careers page and LinkedIn only, with all communications from Cohere employees coming from an @cohere.com or @cw.cohere email alias. If jobs are viewed on other sites then please verify these through our official careers page.
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