Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist (Public Sector)
Cohere · Ottawa · Canada
CHECKED 1H AGO
Frontier labremote$151k–$270k
At a glance
Highlights
- Lead end-to-end North deployments in private cloud and on-prem environments.
- Partner with Canadian public sector orgs on transformative GenAI solutions.
- Bridge core product and client engineering teams to integrate AI securely.
What they offer
- Weekly $75 lunch stipend
- Full health and dental benefits including mental health budget
- RRSP matching, 401K and Pension Scheme
- 100% parental leave top-up for up to 6 months
- Annual enrichment benefits for arts, fitness, quality time and workspace
- Education and learning stipend for conferences, courses and coaching
- 6 weeks of paid vacation
- Travel budget to other offices plus annual company offsite
- $500 home office stipend
- Co-working benefit for those not near an office
Ideal candidate
A customer-obsessed engineer who thrives in fast-moving environments and cares deeply about secure, ethical AI for public impact in the Canadian public sector.
Requirements
- Experience working directly with customers
- Experience deploying enterprise software in private/hybrid cloud environments
- Proven experience administering production Kubernetes clusters and expertise with Helm
- Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines and Git
- Strong expertise in cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, GCP), networking and virtualization
- Ability to execute in fast-paced environments with shifting priorities
- Familiarity with Canadian public sector security and compliance requirements
- Active Top Secret clearance strongly preferred or eligibility and willingness to obtain
- remote policy
- remote-friendly
Lab profile
About Cohere
Security-first enterprise AI company building frontier foundation models for business applications.
What they build
- Command foundation models
- Embed models
- Rerank models
Known for
- Security-first enterprise AI
- Frontier model training and deployment
- Business-focused end-to-end products
Key facts
- Founded in 2019
- Headquartered in Toronto, Canada