Cohere

Solutions Architect - Defence and National Security

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3 months ago
Ottawa, CanadaSenior
H1B Sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Develop and deliver agentic AI solutions using Cohere’s foundation models and Agentic AI Foundry - North.
  • Architect scalable, secure, and customizable NLP and generative AI solutions for enterprise customers.
  • Understand customer workflows, design pilots, and translate business requirements into solutions involving model fine-tuning, custom agents, and agent orchestration.
  • Support deployment and integration of LLMs and custom solutions into production using Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Lead technical engagements, AI architecture deep dives, workshops, and best-practice development for agent-based AI systems and model customization.
  • Own the technical customer relationship, serve as the customer voice, cultivate technical champions, and drive platform adoption.
  • Provide customer feedback to product development and contribute to improvements in agentic AI capabilities.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience in AI/ML solution architecture, including agentic AI, model customization, and deployment of tailored AI models in enterprise environments.
  • Secret Clearance in Canada is required.
  • Strong hands-on skills with Python, Jupyter Notebooks, Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud-managed AI services including AWS SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock, Azure AI Foundry, or Google Vertex AI.
  • Experience designing and deploying agentified AI workflows involving multiple interconnected models or agents.
  • Hands-on experience with agent orchestration frameworks such as Cohere North and deploying custom agents to production.
  • Familiarity with model fine-tuning methodologies and developing AI agents for specific enterprise workflows.
  • Deep understanding of the strengths, weaknesses, and operational considerations of generative LLMs, including customizing and orchestrating them.
  • Excellent communication skills for explaining complex AI architectures to technical stakeholders and executives.
  • Preferred: Experience building and managing scalable AI/ML ecosystems and knowledge of multi-cloud deployment strategies.
  • Preferred: Familiarity with security standards for agent-based AI systems, including data privacy, model safety, and access controls.
  • Preferred: Experience working in a startup-like context.

Benefits

  • Open and inclusive work environment
  • Weekly lunch stipend, in-office lunches, and snacks
  • Full health and dental benefits, including 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

Tech Stack

Jupyter NotebookKubernetesPython

Categories

Solutions Engineering
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

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