Forward Deployed Engineer, Sovereign AI
As a Forward Deployed Engineer, Sovereign AI at Cohere, you will partner with Canadian public sector organizations to deploy secure and ethical Generative AI solutions. This role involves working directly with customers to understand their needs, designing and implementing AI solutions using Cohere's stack, and leading the end-to-end deployment of the North AI workspace platform.
Cohere’s team partners with Canadian public sector organisations to unlock transformative value through secure, ethical deployment of Generative AI (GenAI) solutions. We work collaboratively to address complex societal challenges while maintaining the highest standards of data security and compliance. You will work directly with public sector customers to quickly understand their greatest problems and design and implement solutions using Cohere's stack.
This role offers a unique opportunity to shape how enterprises harness the power of AI in real-world applications. As a bridge between our core North product and our clients’ engineering teams, you’ll be at the forefront of solving complex problems and securely integrating AI into critical sectors. We are seeking engineers with diverse skill sets, including backend, infrastructure, agent development, and deployments, who deeply care about customers and want to work at the cutting edge of Agentic AI.
Location: Ottawa or Toronto required (proximity to government customers), 20-40% travel anticipated.
Security Clearance: Active Top Secret clearance strongly preferred; candidates eligible and willing to obtain clearance will also be considered.
Posted June 6, 2026