Cohere · 15 hours ago
Senior Member of Technical Staff, Multimodal AI
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior LevelCohere is a company on a mission to scale intelligence to serve humanity by training and deploying frontier models for AI systems. They are seeking a Senior Member of Technical Staff focused on Multimodal AI to design and develop innovative AI systems, conduct research, and collaborate with talented teams.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language Processing
Responsibilities
Design and develop cutting-edge multimodal AI systems, integrating various modalities such as text, speech, and vision
Conduct research and experiments on our advanced compute infrastructure, exploring novel ideas in multimodal representation learning, transfer learning, and more
Collaborate closely with our world-class teams, learning from and contributing to their expertise in the field
Qualification
Required
Exceptional software engineering skills, with a proven track record of building robust and scalable systems
Strong command of Python and are well-versed in popular deep learning frameworks like JAX, PyTorch, and TensorFlow, with an understanding of their multimodal capabilities
Knowledge of distributed training strategies, especially for large-scale multimodal models
Familiarity with autoregressive models, particularly their application in multimodal tasks such as image or video captioning, speech-to-text generation
Preferred
Publications in top-tier venues demonstrating your expertise in multimodal AI research
Experience in writing efficient GPU kernels using CUDA, optimising performance for multimodal tasks
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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