Senior Security Engineer

5 days ago


Toronto, Ontario, Canada Cohere Full time

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

As a Senior Security Engineer you will:

  • Serve as trusted advisor to team's leadership and partner teams by clearly articulating business risks associated with security issues

  • Lead security operation functions – including vulnerability management, SAST, DAST, detection engineering, and incident response – in CI/CD and cloud-native production environments

  • Integrate security into our applications throughout the software development lifecycle

  • Collaborate with product and development teams, driving the success of larger projects to ensure that software is built and deployed securely without compromising agility and speed

  • Driving and supporting bug bounty program, application security reviews and threat modeling, including code review and dynamic testing

  • Assess and integrate security tools to automate and scale security processes, i.e: evaluate open-source vs vendor solutions

  • Gather and analyze security metrics to address security issues with cross-team dependencies

  • Be a problem solver who is empathetic to developer concerns and will employ constructive and flexible approach to building innovative solutions

You may be a good fit if:

  • 5+ years previous experience in Application/Product Security or Security Operations with a strong focus on security tool onboarding and optimization

  • You have an understanding of vulnerability management, network security, cloud security concepts, and industry best practices across many fields of security

  • You are comfortable with ambiguity and are able to make informed decisions with little data

  • You employ a flexible and constructive approach when solving problems

  • You are able to make trade-offs between build vs. buy decisions - help build solutions and able to review what tools are available

  • You understand secure engineering best practices, can articulate problem statements and propose solutions to both technically savvy and non-technical audiences

  • You have a deep technical understanding of common security vulnerabilities and risks, as well as countermeasures and compensating controls

  • You're a hands-on security engineer interested in automating controls

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)



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