staff machine learning Research Scientist tech_leadership Phd's · Posted Nov 7, 2025

About this role

Cohere is hiring a staff-level Research Scientist in the machine learning function based in New York City, NY. The posting calls out experience with LLMs, RAG, Machine Learning. Listed education preference: a Ph.D. or equivalent.

Role
Research Scientist
Function
machine learning
Level
staff
Track
Tech leadership
Employment
Full-time
Location
New York City, NY
Education
Ph.D. preferred
Department
Modeling
Posted
Nov 7, 2025
AI Summary
Develop and deploy techniques to improve LLM inference efficiency and speed in production. Requires PhD in Machine Learning, deep understanding of LLM architecture optimization, experience with model efficiency techniques, and strong software engineering skills. Mentor others and publish at top-tier venues.

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Job description

from Cohere careers

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?

Large Language Models (LLMs) continue to push the boundaries of what AI systems can do — but inference is still the bottleneck. The Model Efficiency team is responsible for pushing the limits of LLM inference efficiency across our foundation models. We explore and ship breakthroughs across the model execution stack, including:

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