Staff Research Engineer at Cohere

Setup: Remote, Hybrid
Location: New York, New York
Type: Full-time
Level: Principal
Posted: Nov 7, 2025

Description

Cohere is seeking a Staff Research Engineer for their Model Efficiency team. This role involves developing, prototyping, and deploying techniques to improve the speed and efficiency of their LLM models in production. The ideal candidate will have a PhD in Machine Learning or a related field, understand LLM architecture and optimization, possess strong software engineering skills, and have experience with model efficiency techniques. The position offers a remote-friendly environment with offices in major cities and a comprehensive benefits package.

Required Skills

LLM Architecture
Model Optimization
GPU Acceleration
Software Engineering

Additional Information

Minimum Education: PhD in Machine Learning or a related field
Required Previous Experiences: significant experience with one or more techniques that enhance model efficiency
Preferred Qualifications: Publications at top-tier conferences and venues (ICLR, ACL, NeurIPS)
Passion to mentor others

About Cohere

Cohere

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Cohere builds powerful models and AI solutions that enable enterprises to automate processes, empower employees, and turn fragmented data into actionable insights. Its products include generative language models, speech recognition, machine translation, document parsing, and tools for advanced search and multilingual capabilities.

Open roles: 133
New in 30 days: 36
Founded: 2019

Who they serve

Cohere builds AI solutions that enable enterprises to automate processes, empower employees, and turn fragmented data into actionable insights.

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