Japan Hybrid

Cohere is hiring a Software Engineer - Applied ML (Japan)

About the Role

At Cohere, we're looking for a Software Engineer - Applied ML based in Japan. As a Full Stack Software Engineer on the Applied ML team, you will work directly with customers to understand their problems and design and implement solutions using Cohere's AI stack, closing the last-mile gap in Enterprise AI adoption.

What You'll Do

  • Own and build large new areas within our product.
  • Work across the backend, frontend, and interact with Large Language Models.
  • Experiment at a high velocity and level of quality to engage customers and deliver solutions that exceed expectations.
  • Work across the entire product lifecycle from conceptualisation through production.

What We're Looking For

  • Proficiency in one or more of Go, Python, Node, React, Next.js.
  • Experience across the full stack, building ML infrastructure and AI-powered solutions.
  • Background in developing language models using frameworks like Lang Chain and evaluating their performance using tools such as the Llama Index.
  • A track record in scaling products at hyper-growth startups.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability and interest to travel up to 25%, as needed to client sites, but flexible based on personal preferences.

Nice to Have

  • Experience building LLM applications using tools such as Langchain.
  • Experience in Information Retrieval systems for document question answering.
  • Experience in day-to-day NLP for the industry using Python and related toolchains (SpaCy, HuggingFace, NLTK, etc.).

Technical Stack

  • Languages & Frameworks: Go, Python, Node, React, Next.js
  • AI/ML Tools: Lang Chain, Llama Index, Langchain, SpaCy, HuggingFace, NLTK

Benefits & Compensation

  • Weekly lunch stipend, in-office lunches & snacks.
  • Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget to take care of your mental health.
  • 100% Parental Leave top-up for 6 months for employees based in Canada, the US, and the UK.
  • Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement.
  • Remote-flexible, offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco and London and co-working stipend.
  • 6 weeks of vacation.

Work Mode

This role is hybrid and based in Japan.

We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all.

Required Skills
GoPythonNodeReactNext.jsLangChainLlama IndexSpaCyHuggingFaceMachine LearningLarge Language ModelsNLPApplied AI GoPythonNodeReactNext.jsLangChainLlama IndexSpaCyHuggingFaceMachine LearningLarge Language ModelsNLPApplied AI
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Cohere trains and deploys frontier AI models for developers and enterprises building systems for content generation, semantic search, RAG, and agents.
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Posted 9 months ago