Member of Technical Staff, MLE (UK/EU) at Cohere

London, England, United Kingdom

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Artificial Intelligence, TechnologyIndustries

Requirements

  • Prior experience in leading ML teams in applied research and production
  • Prior experience in setting as well as executing technical direction to build new or to refine existing products
  • Prior experience in working cross-discipline in matrixed organizations
  • Proficiency in Python and related ML frameworks such as Tensorflow, TF-Serving, JAX, and XLA/MLIR
  • Experience using large-scale distributed training and inference
  • Strong mentorship, communication, and problem-solving skills
  • A demonstrated passion for applied ML models and products
  • Bonus: experience working for B2B companies in the ML space

Responsibilities

  • Work directly with customers to quickly understand their greatest problems and design and implement solutions using Large Language Models
  • Apply problem-solving ability, creativity, and technical skills to close the last-mile gap in Enterprise AI adoption
  • Plan and execute large-group projects that carry through from ideation to production
  • Bring 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 work on
  • Work closely with product teams to develop solutions
  • Engage in collaborations with our partner organizations
  • Assist our legal teams with preparation of patents on developed IP

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

Large Language ModelsRAGSemantic SearchAgentsMachine LearningCross-functional Collaboration

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

What is the work arrangement for this role?

The position is hybrid.

What technical skills are required for this role?

Proficiency in Python and related ML frameworks such as Tensorflow, TF-Serving, JAX, and XLA/MLIR is required, along with experience using large-scale distributed training and inference.

What soft skills are needed for this position?

Strong mentorship, communication, and problem-solving skills are required.

What is the company culture like at Cohere?

Cohere obsesses over what they build, works hard and moves fast for customers, values a team of top experts with diverse perspectives, and emphasizes responsibility for model capabilities and customer value.

What experience makes a strong candidate for this role?

Prior experience leading ML teams in applied research and production, setting and executing technical direction, and working cross-discipline in matrixed organizations is key, with bonus for B2B ML experience.

Cohere

Provides NLP tools and LLMs via API

About Cohere

Cohere provides advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools and Large Language Models (LLMs) through a user-friendly API. Their services cater to a wide range of clients, including businesses that want to improve their content generation, summarization, and search functions. Cohere's business model focuses on offering scalable and affordable generative AI tools, generating revenue by granting API access to pre-trained models that can handle tasks like text classification, sentiment analysis, and semantic search in multiple languages. The platform is customizable, enabling businesses to create smarter and faster solutions. With multilingual support, Cohere effectively addresses language barriers, making it suitable for international use.

Toronto, CanadaHeadquarters
2019Year Founded
$914.4MTotal Funding
SERIES_DCompany Stage
AI & Machine LearningIndustries
501-1,000Employees

Risks

Competitors like Google and Microsoft may overshadow Cohere with seamless enterprise system integration.
Reliance on Nvidia chips poses risks if supply chain issues arise or strategic focus shifts.
High cost of AI data center could strain financial resources if government funding is delayed.

Differentiation

Cohere's North platform outperforms Microsoft Copilot and Google Vertex AI in enterprise functions.
Rerank 3.5 model processes queries in over 100 languages, enhancing multilingual search capabilities.
Command R7B model excels in RAG, math, and coding, outperforming competitors like Google's Gemma.

Upsides

Cohere's AI data center project positions it as a key player in Canadian AI.
North platform offers secure AI deployment for regulated industries, enhancing privacy-focused enterprise solutions.
Cohere's multilingual support breaks language barriers, expanding its global market reach.

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