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Senior Security Engineer

Cohere

Cohere

Software Engineering
San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted on Thursday, January 25, 2024
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!
Please Note: We have offices in Toronto, San Francisco, and London but embrace being remote-first! There are no restrictions on where you can be located for this role.

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, 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 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 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 (i.e., Snyk, Open Policy Agent, SLSA framework, Bridgecrew etc.).
If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply! If you consider yourself a thoughtful worker, a lifelong learner, and a kind and playful team member, Cohere is the place for you.
We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome applicants of all kinds and are committed to providing an equal opportunity process. Cohere provides accessibility accommodations during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Our 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 6 months for employees based in Canada, the US, and the UK
🎨 Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement
🏙 Remote-flexible, offices in Toronto, Palo Alto, San-Francisco and London and co-working stipend
✈️ 6 weeks of vacation
Note: This post is co-authored by both Cohere humans and Cohere technology.