Senior Member of Technical Staff, MLE (Middle East)

Senior Member of Technical Staff, MLE (Middle East)

Cohere, the leading security-first enterprise AI company, is seeking a Senior Member of Technical Staff for our Middle East region. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products designed to solve real-world business problems, and we're looking for someone who wants to be part of driving widespread AI adoption.

As a Senior Member of Technical Staff on our Applied ML team, you'll work directly with customers to understand their greatest challenges and design and implement solutions using Large Language Models. You'll apply your problem-solving skills, creativity, and technical expertise to close the last-mile gap in Enterprise AI adoption, delivering products that disrupt industries and institutions globally.

• Plan and execute large-group projects 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.

You may be a good fit if you have:

• Prior experience leading ML teams in applied research and production.
• Experience setting and executing technical direction to build new or refine existing products.
• Experience 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.
• Working proficiency in Arabic.
• Bonus: experience working for B2B companies in the ML space.

Cohere is remote-friendly, with offices in Toronto, San Francisco, New York City, London, Paris, Montreal, and more. We offer a daily lunch program, plenty of snacks, regular community events, and a co-working benefit for those not near an office. We strive to create an inclusive work environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.