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Senior Research Engineer - Safety Tooling and Data

Cohere· Modeling
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New York$205k - $380kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Senior Research Engineer focusing on safety tooling and data infrastructure to enable scalable data synthesis, analysis, and management for model training and evaluation. Owns cohesive tooling repositories and collaborates with research scientists and engineers to improve data coverage, experimentation cycles, and scientific rigor.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement robust data pipeline tooling that enables frequent, low-friction data generation and annotation
  • Create cohesive data infrastructure that supports continuous parallel operation with model experimentation
  • Establish standardized processes for data validation, analysis, and improvement of data both training and evaluation
  • Collaborate with the ML modeling team to align data capabilities with experimental needs
  • Maintain opinionated, well-documented solutions that become team standards
  • Develop systematic analysis frameworks to identify incoming data sources and benchmark coverage gaps

Qualifications

  • Extremely strong software engineering skills.
  • Strong statistical skills and experience evaluating scientific experiments related to data collection and model performance.
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch) and Big Data Analytics (e.g. BigQuery, SQL)
  • Demonstrated ability to own complex technical projects from conception to deployment
  • Opinionated approach to technical architecture with ability to make principled decisions
  • Understanding of ML data requirements and the intersection of data engineering with modeling workflows

Skills

Required:Software engineeringStatistics / data sciencePythonPyTorchBig data / SQLData engineering

Benefits

  • A weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in your local currency for lunch.
  • Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health.
  • RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme.
  • 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months, for either parent.
  • Annual enrichment benefits: arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and a workspace improvement credit; Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching.
  • 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days)
  • Budget for traveling to other offices if you are remote, plus an annual company offsite.
  • $500 home office stipend to set up your workspace properly.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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