Cohere · 9 hours ago
Senior Research Scientist, Model Evaluation
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior LevelCohere is on a mission to scale intelligence to serve humanity by training and deploying frontier models for AI systems. In this role, you will be responsible for creating next-generation evaluation methods and infrastructure to measure LLM progress, pushing the limits of what models can accomplish and ensuring high data quality.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language Processing
Responsibilities
Create ambitious new evaluation benchmarks that push the limits of what our models can accomplish
Work on highly cross-functional teams to translate model feedback into trustworthy, repeatable evaluations
Conduct research to advance the state-of-the-art in LLM evaluation methods, including training LLM judges; refining LLM-based data synthesis pipelines; and improving evaluation efficiency
Build scalable and reusable tools for digging into model performance
Qualification
Required
Create ambitious new evaluation benchmarks that push the limits of what our models can accomplish
Work on highly cross-functional teams to translate model feedback into trustworthy, repeatable evaluations
Conduct research to advance the state-of-the-art in LLM evaluation methods, including training LLM judges; refining LLM-based data synthesis pipelines; and improving evaluation efficiency
Build scalable and reusable tools for digging into model performance
You enjoy rapidly building prototypes that demonstrate the boundaries of what LLMs are capable of, and you have developed resources to measure those capabilities
You have spent dozens of hours reviewing complex data and LLM outputs to ensure high data quality
You are obsessive about rigorously measuring AI capabilities, and also about making sure your measurements actually align with the capabilities you care about
You have strong software engineering skills
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!)
Company
Cohere
Cohere is an enterprise AI firm developing secure and private AI technology to address real-world business challenges.
Founded in 2019
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.71BKey Investors
Government of CanadaTiger Global ManagementIndex Ventures
2025-09-24Series D· $100M
2025-08-14Series D· $500M
2025-06-17Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Aidan Gomez
cofounder + ceo
Ivan Zhang
Co-Founder
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