Manager of Technical Staff

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About the role

  • Manager of Technical Staff leading the Sovereign AI Modelling team at Cohere. Designing and implementing AI models to advance cutting-edge research and solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a team of scientists and engineers, fostering a culture of high-performance, innovation and continuous learning
  • Stay up-to-date with the latest research in LLMs and related fields
  • Lead scalable strategies to train frontier models
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams across modelling, forward-deployed engineering, and solutions architecture

Requirements

  • A PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field, with publications in top-tier venues (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP)
  • Deep expertise in LLMs, with a strong understanding of the latest research and trends
  • Prior experience managing a team of engineers and/or scientists
  • Strong software engineering skills, with proficiency in Python and PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar frameworks
  • Experience with distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and scalable architectures
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills, with the ability to lead and motivate a team
  • A proactive, self-motivated mindset, with a passion for solving ambitious, open-ended problems
  • Canadian citizenship and eligibility for security clearance (required for this role).

Benefits

  • An open and inclusive culture and work environment
  • Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research
  • Weekly lunch stipend, in-office lunches & snacks
  • Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget to take care of your mental health
  • 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months
  • Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement
  • Remote-flexible, offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco, London and Paris, as well as a co-working stipend
  • 6 weeks of vacation (30 working days!)

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

Tech skills

CloudDistributed SystemsPythonPyTorchTensorflow

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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