Senior Member of Technical Staff, MLE (Middle East)

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute large-group projects from ideation to production, ensuring cross-functional alignment across engineering, product and other disciplines.
• Mentor a distributed team of engineers in subject matter expertise; identify opportunities and gaps in existing models and strategize what to address.
• Work closely with product teams to develop solutions using Large Language Models.
• Engage in collaborations with partner organizations.
• Assist legal teams with preparation of patents on developed IP.
• Shape what Cohere builds at a pivotal moment and wear multiple hats in a fast-moving team.

Requirements

• Prior experience leading ML teams in applied research and production.
• Experience setting and executing technical direction to build or refine products.
• Experience working cross-discipline in matrixed organizations.
• Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks such as Tensorflow, TF-Serving, JAX, XLA/MLIR.
• Experience with large-scale distributed training and inference.
• Strong mentorship, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated passion for applied ML models and products.
• Working proficiency in Arabic.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working for B2B companies in the ML space.
• Experience mentoring engineers across disciplines.

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, with a budget for mental health
• 100% parental leave top-up for 6 months (Canada, US, UK)
• Personal enrichment benefits (arts & culture, fitness, well-being, workspace improvement)
• Remote-flexible with co-working stipend and offices in global tech hubs
• 6 weeks of vacation

About the Company

Cohere's mission is to scale intelligence to serve humanity. The team obsesses over building robust AI models and deploying frontier solutions for developers and enterprises, enabling magical experiences like content generation, semantic search, and intelligent agents. Cohere is home to world-class researchers, engineers, and product experts passionate about accelerating the widespread adoption of AI. Diversity and inclusiveness are at the heart of Cohere's culture, making it a thriving workplace for talents from all backgrounds.