Forward Deployed Engineer, Sovereign AI
Recruiter Fit Breakdown & Candid Summary
Cohere is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to partner with Canadian public sector organizations, designing and implementing generative AI solutions using the North platform.
This role bridges core product development and client engineering teams, requiring hands-on coding across the stack, agent development, and private cloud/on-premises deployments.
Ideal candidates possess robust Python production experience, customer-facing skills, and eligibility for an Active Top Secret security clearance in Canada.
Candidates who dislike travel (20-40%), lack customer empathy, or are unwilling to navigate public sector security clearance requirements should not apply.
Role Responsibilities
- 1Build and ship features for North, the enterprise AI workspace platform
- 2Develop autonomous agents that talk to sensitive enterprise data
- 3Experiment at high velocity to deliver customer solutions that exceed expectations
- 4Work across the entire product lifecycle from conceptualization through production
- 5Lead end-to-end deployment of North in private cloud and on-premises environments
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