Engineering Manager, Security

Key Skills

Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery - CI/CD, Kubernetes-K8s, Large Language Models - LLMs, Leadership, Machine learning techniques, Planning and organization, SaaS

Job Description

We’re a small, diverse team working at the cutting edge of machine learning. At Cohere, our mission is to build machines that understand the world and to make them safely accessible to all. Language is at the crux of this, but it can be difficult and expensive to parse the syntax, semantics, and context that all work together to give words meaning. The Cohere platform provides access to Large Language Models through its APIs that read billions of web pages and learns to understand the meaning, sentiment, and intent of the words we use in a richness never seen before. 

We've recently raised our Series C, and we are focused on bringing our technology to market. We will partner with customers so they can build natural language understanding and generation into their products with just a few lines of code.

We’re ambitious — we believe our technology will fundamentally transform how industries interact with natural language. And we have the technical chops to back it up - Cohere’s CEO, Aidan Gomez, is a co-author of the groundbreaking paper “Attention is all you need”, and was previously part of Google Brain. Our entire technical team is world-class. 

We are focused on creating a diverse and inclusive work environment so that all of our team members can thrive. We welcome kind and brilliant people to our team, from wherever they come.

Why this role? 

This is an exciting opportunity to step into a brand new role at Cohere and build a team of talented security engineers. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader with an interest in LLM security research and building automated security controls.

Please Note: We have offices in Toronto, Palo Alto, and London but embrace being remote-first! There are no restrictions on where you can be located for this role.

As an Engineering Manager, Security, you will:

• Build the team responsible for security operation functions – including vulnerability management, detection engineering, and incident response – in CI/CD and cloud-native production environments
• Drive industry collaboration around LLM specific security research
• Work collaboratively and cross-functionally
• Develop security tools and automation workflows to improve cloud security
• Manage the team's workload and priorities, ensuring timely delivery of projects
• Mentor and coach team members, providing guidance on technical and career development

You may be a good fit if:

• You have led the security function in more than one organization, ideally in a SaaS company
• You’re a hands-on security leader interested in automating controls
• You take pride in growing your teammates, from their technical skills to their personal development
• You are passionate about building internal tools - you take time to look at the big picture and make things better 
• You have experience in multiple cloud environments; ideally working with Kubernetes-based infrastructure
• [Bonus] You are excited about Large Language Models and follow LLM security research

If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply! If you consider yourself a thoughtful worker, a lifelong learner, and a kind and playful team member, Cohere is the place for you.