Cohere

Staff Software Engineer, GPU Infrastructure (HPC)

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7 months ago
Toronto, CanadaStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Build and scale Kubernetes-based GPU/TPU superclusters across multiple clouds for high-throughput, low-latency AI workloads
  • Collaborate with cloud providers to optimize ML infrastructure for cost, reliability, and performance using RDMA, NCCL, and high-speed interconnects
  • Diagnose and resolve infrastructure bottlenecks, performance degradation, and system failures
  • Design self-service interfaces and workflows for researchers to monitor, debug, and optimize training jobs
  • Translate emerging needs involving JAX, PyTorch, and distributed training into scalable infrastructure solutions
  • Champion observability, automation, and infrastructure-as-code practices
  • Mentor and collaborate with engineers through code reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing
  • Participate in a compensated 24x7 on-call rotation

Requirements

  • Deep expertise with GPU/TPU clusters, distributed training frameworks, and HPC environments
  • Experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters at scale for AI workloads
  • Proficiency in Python for ML tooling and Go for systems engineering
  • Familiarity with Linux internals, RDMA networking, and performance optimization for ML workloads
  • Track record of collaborating with AI researchers or ML engineers on infrastructure challenges
  • Ability to identify bottlenecks, propose solutions, and drive impact in a fast-paced environment
  • Open-source contribution experience is preferred

Benefits

  • Open and inclusive culture and work environment
  • Weekly lunch stipend, in-office lunches, and snacks
  • Full health and dental benefits with a separate mental health budget
  • 100% parental leave top-up for up to 6 months
  • Personal enrichment benefits for arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement
  • Remote-flexible work with offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco, London, and Paris, plus a co-working stipend
  • Six weeks of vacation, or 30 working days
  • Compensated participation in a 24x7 on-call rotation
Cohere

About Cohere

201-500 employees

Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation models and end-to-end AI products designed to solve real-world business problems. We partner closely with companies to deliver seamless integration, full customization, and easy-to-use solutions for their workforce and customers. Our all-in-one platform offers enterprises the highest levels of data security, privacy and optionality to deploy across all major cloud providers, private cloud environments, or on-premises. HQ: 171 John Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 1X3