Cohere · 5 hours ago
Senior Security Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expCohere is dedicated to scaling intelligence to serve humanity through AI systems. As a Senior Security Engineer, you will lead security operations, integrate security into applications, and collaborate with teams to ensure secure software deployment while addressing business risks and vulnerabilities.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language Processing
Responsibilities
Serve as trusted advisor to team’s leadership and partner teams by clearly articulating business risks associated with security issues
Lead security operation functions – including vulnerability management, SAST, DAST, detection engineering, and incident response – in CI/CD and cloud-native production environments
Integrate security into our applications throughout the software development lifecycle
Collaborate with product and development teams, driving the success of larger projects to ensure that software is built and deployed securely without compromising agility and speed
Driving and supporting bug bounty program, application security reviews and threat modeling, including code review and dynamic testing
Assess and integrate security tools to automate and scale security processes, i.e: evaluate open-source vs vendor solutions
Gather and analyze security metrics to address security issues with cross-team dependencies
Be a problem solver who is empathetic to developer concerns and will employ constructive and flexible approach to building innovative solutions
Qualification
Required
5+ years previous experience in Application/Product Security or Security Operations with a strong focus on security tool onboarding and optimization
Understanding of vulnerability management, network security, cloud security concepts, and industry best practices across many fields of security
Comfortable with ambiguity and able to make informed decisions with little data
Employ a flexible and constructive approach when solving problems
Able to make trade-offs between build vs. buy decisions - help build solutions and able to review what tools are available
Understand secure engineering best practices, can articulate problem statements and propose solutions to both technically savvy and non-technical audiences
Deep technical understanding of common security vulnerabilities and risks, as well as countermeasures and compensating controls
Hands-on security engineer interested in automating controls
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.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (11)
2024 (14)
2023 (13)
2022 (5)
2021 (2)
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
Recent News
2026-01-20
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