Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This listing stands out in the SaaS ecosystem because it sits at the layer where platform capability becomes product differentiation. A Senior Member of Technical Staff focused on multimodal AI signals work on core model and systems development rather than application glue, aimed at developers and enterprise customers building AI features such as semantic search, RAG, and agents. That combination places the role close to the technical decisions that shape reliability, latency, and real world usability in AI powered SaaS.
For a long term SaaS career, the role offers experience that remains valuable across companies building AI platforms: designing production grade ML systems, running experiments on substantial compute infrastructure, and translating research progress into deployable capabilities. The emphasis on evaluation, optimisation, and distributed training maps directly to the skills needed to take models from benchmark performance to predictable customer outcomes, a common gap in commercial AI products.
The fit is strongest for engineers who like moving between research and engineering, are comfortable navigating complex ML codebases, and want ownership over system level tradeoffs. It also suits professionals who prefer remote friendly collaboration and are motivated by building foundational components that other teams and external developers will depend on.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Who are we?
Our mission is to scale intelligence to serve humanity. We’re training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like content generation, semantic search, RAG, and agents. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI.
We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. We like to work hard and move fast to do what’s best for our customers.
Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are passionate about their craft. Each person is one of the best in the world at what they do. We believe that a diverse range of perspectives is a requirement for building great products.
Join us on our mission and shape the future!
Why this role?
At Cohere, we believe in the power of multimodal AI to revolutionise the way we interact with technology. Our engineering teams push the boundaries of what's possible, and we're looking for talented individuals to join us on this exciting journey. With an exceptional ratio of compute resources to engineers, we provide an ideal environment for you to explore, innovate and shape the future of AI.
July 31st 2025 - Cohere's Multimodal team Introduced Command A Vision: Multimodal AI Built for Business. At release our new flagship vision-language model:
● Consistently outperforms major models like Llama 4 Maverick, Mistral Medium/Pixtral Large, and GPT4.1
● 83.1% average benchmark (73.5% MathVista, 90.9% ChartQA...)
● Built for the real world - 112B parameters running on just 2 GPUs
● Open weights live on HuggingFace
With a focused team, breakthrough performance doesn't require breakthrough compute. Focus on the things that matter, and join the team.
As a Member of Technical Staff with a focus on Multimodal AI, you will:
Design and develop cutting-edge multimodal AI systems, integrating various modalities such as text, speech, and vision.
Conduct research and experiments on our advanced compute infrastructure, exploring novel ideas in multimodal representation learning, transfer learning, and more.
Collaborate closely with our world-class teams, learning from and contributing to their expertise in the field.
You are an ideal candidate if you:
Possess exceptional software engineering skills, with a proven track record of building robust and scalable systems.
Have a strong command of Python and are well-versed in popular deep learning frameworks like JAX, PyTorch, and TensorFlow, with an understanding of their multimodal capabilities.
Knowledge of distributed training strategies, especially for large-scale multimodal models.
Familiarity with autoregressive models, particularly their application in multimodal tasks such as image or video captioning, speech-to-text generation.
Bonus: Publications in top-tier venues demonstrating your expertise in multimodal AI research.
Bonus: Experience in writing efficient GPU kernels using CUDA, optimising performance for multimodal tasks.
This role is perfect for you if you:
Have a deep passion for machine learning and its potential to impact various industries through multimodal applications.
Enjoy tuning and optimising large multimodal models, and have experience building evaluations to measure their performance.
Are comfortable diving into complex ML codebases to identify and resolve issues, ensuring the smooth operation of our systems.
Thrive in a fast-paced, technically challenging environment, where you can contribute your innovative ideas and solutions.
Have a history of delivering creative, practical solutions to real-world problems, demonstrating your ability to think outside the box.
If you're excited about the potential of multimodal AI and want to be at the forefront of this rapidly evolving field, we want to hear from you! Join us at Cohere and be a part of a diverse, remote-friendly team that's changing the world of AI.
Please Note: We have offices in Toronto, London, Paris, San Francisco, and New York, but we welcome applications from anywhere in the world. Our team is spread across the globe, and we embrace the benefits of a remote-friendly culture.
If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply!
We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please submit an Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.
Full-Time Employees at Cohere enjoy these Perks:
🤝 An open and inclusive culture and work environment
🧑💻 Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research
🍽 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 up to 6 months
🎨 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, London and Paris, as well as a co-working stipend
✈️ 6 weeks of vacation (30 working days!)
