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Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist (Public Sector)

Cohere · Ottawa · Canada

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Frontier labremote$151k–$270k
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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
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