Cohere
Senior Research Engineer - Safety Tooling and Data
$250K–$535K
New York · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 26, 2026
About the job
Builds data tooling and infrastructure for synthesizing, analyzing, validating, and managing training and evaluation data to support safer model development and experimentation.
What you'll do
- Design data pipeline tooling for frequent data generation and annotation, and infrastructure for parallel model experimentation.
- Establish processes for data validation, analysis, and improvement; develop frameworks to identify data sources and benchmark coverage gaps.
- Collaborate with modeling teams, own tooling repositories, and maintain documented technical standards.
What they ask for
- 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, ML frameworks such as PyTorch, and Big Data Analytics such as BigQuery and SQL.
- Ability to own complex technical projects from conception to deployment; understanding of ML data requirements and data engineering workflows.
Nice to have
- Interest in modeling safety and trust.
Pay
CA$250K – CA$535K (base salary)
Tools
Python, PyTorch, BigQuery, SQL
AI focus
Develops data tooling and analysis workflows supporting safer, more secure, and more reliable models.
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