Cohere

Software Engineer, Security

Cohere
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3 hours ago
Toronto, Canada +3 moreSenior
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Base Salary

$180k - $325k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and ship production security features for North’s AI agents, including OIDC/OAuth flows and session management.
  • Write secure Python code for OIDC tokens, user claims, sensitive data, JWT validation, and encryption.
  • Implement authentication, token management, authorization checks, and other data-protection mechanisms.
  • Integrate tools that enhance North’s security capabilities.
  • Design and implement secret management, encryption, and RBAC within Kubernetes clusters.
  • Communicate security best practices clearly to stakeholders and non-security engineers.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience building user-facing security features in production systems.
  • Strong, frequent production experience with Python.
  • Deep understanding of OIDC/OAuth 2.0, JWT validation, and token lifecycle management.
  • Hands-on Kubernetes experience in development and production environments.
  • Experience with GCP, AWS, Azure, or hybrid/multi-cloud deployments.
  • Comfort working across the software stack.
  • Clear communication of security concepts to non-security engineers and stakeholders.
  • Experience with AI/ML systems or LLM-based applications is preferred.

Benefits

  • Weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent local currency.
  • Full health and dental benefits, including a separate mental-health budget.
  • RRSP matching, 401K, or pension scheme, depending on location.
  • Up to six months of 100% parental-leave top-up for either parent.
  • Annual arts and culture, fitness and wellness, quality-time, and workspace-improvement benefits.
  • Education and learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching.
  • Six weeks of paid vacation, or 30 working days.
  • Travel budget for remote employees visiting other offices and an annual company offsite.
  • Remote-friendly work with offices in Toronto, London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin, and Seoul.
  • Coworking benefit for employees away from an office and a $500 home-office stipend.
  • Office employees receive a daily lunch program, snacks, and community and social events.
Cohere

About Cohere

1,001-5,000 employees

Cohere builds large language models and an enterprise AI platform that companies use for search, summarization, and workflow automation, delivered via API or private deployments. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Toronto, it focuses on multilingual models, data controls, and options to run across major clouds or on-premises. The business is privately held and serves security- and compliance-sensitive organizations.

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