Engineering Manager, FDE Infrastructure (Middle East)
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About the Role
Cohere is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Deployment Engineering team in the Middle East. The role involves managing Forward Deployed Engineers, driving end-to-end deployment of North in private cloud and on-premises environments, and collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Sales.
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Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of Forward Deployed Engineers
- Drive end to end deployment of North in private cloud and on premises environments
- Take ownership of customer success from technical implementation through delivery
- Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Sales to shape AI delivery
- Mentor team on cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and enterprise grade deployments
- Optimize performance for OpenSearch, databases, and other K8s services
- Define scaling guidelines for GPU and CPU compute resources
- Build processes and technology that scale
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering with demonstrated leadership
- Hands on experience deploying enterprise software at scale
- Strong expertise in cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, GCP)
- Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines
- High agency and doer mentality
- Experience managing engineers in a fast paced, high growth environment
- Excellent communication skills in English
Full Job Posting
Who are we?
- Cohere is a security first enterprise AI company building foundation AI models and end to end products.
- We are a global technology company co headquartered in Toronto and San Francisco, with offices in London, New York City, Montreal, Seoul, Germany and Paris.
What You'll Do
- Lead and mentor a team of Forward Deployed Engineers.
- Drive end to end deployment of North in private cloud and on premises environments.
- Take ownership of customer success from technical implementation through delivery.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Sales to shape how we deliver AI to enterprises.
- Mentor your team on cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and enterprise grade deployments.
- Optimize performance for OpenSearch, databases, and other K8s services.
- Define scaling guidelines for GPU and CPU compute resources.
- Build processes & technology that scales — we're growing fast.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering with demonstrated leadership.
- Hands on experience deploying enterprise software at scale.
- Strong expertise in cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, GCP).
- Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines.
- High agency — you don't wait for permission to solve problems.
- A doer mentality — you dig in and get stuff done.
- Experience managing engineers in a fast paced, high growth environment.
- Excellent communication skills in English.
Nice to Have's
- Fluency in additional European languages.
- Experience with AI/ML infrastructure.
- Background in enterprise security and compliance.
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.
- A weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in local currency.
- Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health.
- RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme.
- 100% Parental Leave top up for up to 6 months, for either parent.
- Annual enrichment benefits including arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and workspace improvement credit.
- Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching.
- Remote flexible, offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco, London and Paris, as well as a co working stipend.
- 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days!).
- Budget for traveling to other offices if you are remote, plus an annual company offsite.
How And Where We Work
- Cohere is remote friendly. We have offices in Toronto, San Francisco, New York City, London, Paris, Montreal, and more coming soon.
- For those in the office: a daily lunch program, plenty of snacks, and regular community and social events.
- For those not near an office: a co working benefit so you can work alongside others in your city.
- Everyone receives a $500 home office stipend to set up your workspace properly.
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