Research Engineer

Our mission is to scale intelligence to serve humanity. We’re training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like content generation, semantic search, RAG, and agents. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI.

We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. We like to work hard and move fast to do what’s best for our customers.

Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are passionate about their craft. Each person is one of the best in the world at what they do. We believe that a diverse range of perspectives is a requirement for building great products.

Join us on our mission and shape the future!

Cohere Labs is the dedicated research arm of Cohere. Our mission is to push machine learning forward through open, collaborative research and hands-on experimentation. We work on frontier problems in NLP and AI while creating space for researchers and engineers from different backgrounds to contribute, learn, and grow.

We care about building things that are both thoughtful and useful, from new methods and datasets to tools that make research more accessible. Our team values curiosity, ownership, and practical impact over hype.

We’re looking for Research Engineers who enjoy getting their hands dirty: building experiments, debugging models, scaling training pipelines, and turning research ideas into working systems.

This is a highly practical role. You’ll work closely with scientists and other engineers to implement new methods, run large-scale experiments, and help shape the infrastructure that supports our research programs.

You don’t need to have everything figured out yet. We care more about curiosity, strong fundamentals, and a willingness to learn quickly in a fast-moving research environment.

• Have a strong engineering background in machine learning, NLP, or related areas (through a Master’s degree, industry experience, or equivalent hands-on work).

• Enjoy writing clean, reliable code and building systems that others can use and extend.

• Are comfortable experimenting, running ablations, analyzing results, and iterating quickly.

• Have experience with deep learning frameworks and model optimization techniques (PyTorch, distributed training, RLHF, finetuning, evaluation frameworks)

• Like collaborating closely with researchers and translating ideas into practical implementations.

• Are excited to grow your research instincts while staying grounded in engineering excellence.

At Cohere Labs, research engineers are not just support roles. They are core contributors who help define how ideas become reality. If you want to work on meaningful problems, learn fast, and help build tools that shape the future of AI, we’d love to hear from you.

If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply!

We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please submit an Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.