Description:

Cohere is on a mission to scale intelligence to serve humanity by training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises.
The company focuses on building AI systems that enhance experiences such as content generation, semantic search, RAG, and agents.
As a Senior Member of Technical Staff with a focus on Multimodal AI, you will design and develop cutting-edge multimodal AI systems that integrate text, speech, and vision.
You will conduct research and experiments on advanced compute infrastructure, exploring novel ideas in multimodal representation learning and transfer learning.
The role involves close collaboration with world-class teams, allowing for learning and contribution to their expertise in the field.
Cohere values a diverse range of perspectives and believes it is essential for building great products.

Requirements:

Candidates must possess exceptional software engineering skills with a proven track record of building robust and scalable systems.
A strong command of Python and familiarity with deep learning frameworks like JAX, PyTorch, and TensorFlow is required, along with an understanding of their multimodal capabilities.
Knowledge of distributed training strategies for large-scale multimodal models is essential.
Familiarity with autoregressive models, particularly in multimodal tasks such as image or video captioning and speech-to-text generation, is necessary.
Bonus points for having publications in top-tier venues that demonstrate expertise in multimodal AI research.
Experience in writing efficient GPU kernels using CUDA and optimizing performance for multimodal tasks is also a bonus.

Cohere offers an open and inclusive culture and work environment.
Employees work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research.
A weekly lunch stipend, in-office lunches, and snacks are provided.
Full health and dental benefits are included, along with a separate budget for mental health care.
Employees receive a 100% parental leave top-up for 6 months if based in Canada, the US, or the UK.
Personal enrichment benefits are available for arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement.
The position is remote-flexible, with offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco, and London, along with a co-working stipend.
Employees enjoy 6 weeks of vacation.