Who you are

• Is perfect for someone passionate about languages and AI, with a keen eye for detail and a talent for coding
• Requires a self-starter who can work independently and deliver results efficiently
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field (Master's preferred), or equivalent experience
• Experience analyzing datasets with respect to quality and suitability for training ML models
• Strong software engineering skills, particularly in Python
• A strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and present findings
• Prior experience with multilingual data and a passion for natural language processing is a plus
• Bonus: One or more first-author papers at top-tier venues (such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AIStats, MLSys, JMLR, AAAI, Nature, COLING, ACL, EMNLP)

What the job involves

• As a Member of Technical Staff in the Multilingual team, you will play a crucial role in developing and enhancing our language models to support a wide range of languages
• Your primary focus will be on data engineering tasks, including data collection, cleaning, and preparation, to ensure our models perform exceptionally across various linguistic contexts
• You will work closely with our research scientists, machine learning engineers, and product teams to deliver high-quality, multilingual AI solutions
• Design and implement data pipelines to process and prepare multilingual datasets
• Collaborate with researchers to understand data requirements and model performance
• Develop tools and scripts to automate data-related tasks and improve efficiency
• Ensure data quality and integrity through rigorous testing and validation
• Stay updated on the latest advancements in multilingual data processing and contribute to the team's knowledge base

Benefits

• We cover 100% of premiums across health, dental, vision & travel
• We offer RRSP, 401K, and Pension Scheme contributions
• We offer lunch and fitness studio credits and a quality time fund which can be spent on things like dog walking and laundry services
• We want everyone who contributes to our success to get a ‘piece of the pie’
• Work Remote & PTO
• We know that some people work better at home, so we are remote-first, and sure that all meetings, events, and opportunities are set up for our distributed team
• Every employee at Cohere gets 6 weeks of paid time off & US and Canadian federal holidays, and we provide unlimited sick days
• All new parents (including those who adopt or go through a surrogate journey) are eligible to receive 100% salary for 6 months in Canada, the US, and the UK
• The decision and journey to having kids is different for each person and family. Part of our commitment to diversity is being able to support the widest variety of these scenarios as we can so we offer financial support for egg freezing and IVF for those in the US, Canada and the UK
• Every employee at Cohere receives an annual $2,000 education fund to use as they please