Senior Research Engineer - Safety Tooling and Data
Cohere · New York
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Frontier labonsitesenior$175k–$375k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build tooling for synthesis and analysis of real and synthetic safety data.
- Own vision for data pipelines powering safer, more reliable frontier models.
- Partner with scientists to tighten experimentation and close coverage gaps.
What they offer
- Weekly $75 lunch stipend
- Full health and dental benefits including mental health budget
- RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme
- 100% parental leave top-up for up to 6 months
- 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days)
- $500 home office stipend plus co-working benefit
- Enrichment, education and travel budgets
Ideal candidate
Opinionated builder who loves elegant data tooling and rigorous analysis, eager to enable faster safety experimentation and collaborate closely with researchers on frontier models.
Requirements
- Extremely strong software engineering skills
- Strong statistical skills and experience evaluating scientific experiments
- Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks such as PyTorch
- Experience with Big Data Analytics such as BigQuery and SQL
- Demonstrated ability to own complex technical projects from conception to deployment
- Understanding of ML data requirements and modeling workflows
- remote policy
- Remote-friendly with no minimum in-office requirement; UK, Europe, or ET time zones
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