Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist (Middle East)

Cohere is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist to join their team in the Middle East. This role is crucial for integrating Cohere's AI solutions into enterprise environments, focusing on private cloud and on-premises deployments. If you are passionate about cutting-edge AI and customer-facing engineering, apply now!

Cohere is a leading security-first enterprise AI company building cutting-edge foundation models and end-to-end AI products. We partner with companies to deliver seamless integration, full customization, and easy-to-use solutions, ensuring the highest levels of data security and privacy.

Company Overview

Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are designed to solve real-world business problems. We are training and deploying frontier models for enterprises who are building AI systems and believe our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI. Cohere is a global technology company headquartered in Toronto with key offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul.

Quick Details

• Salary Range: Not Applicable
• Job Type: Full-time
• Qualifications: bachelors-degree
• Experience: 5 Year+

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end deployment of North in private cloud and on-premises environments.
• Partner with enterprise IT teams to assess infrastructure, security requirements, and data management practices.
• Experiment at a high velocity and with a high level of quality to engage our customers.
• Design and implement deployment strategies tailored to client needs.
• Troubleshoot and resolve deployment-related technical issues.
• Travel to customer premises between 20-40%.

Requirements

• Experience working directly with customers.
• Experience deploying enterprise software in private/hybrid cloud environments.
• Proven experience administering large-scale production Kubernetes clusters and expertise with Helm.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and tools like Git.
• Strong expertise in cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, GCP), networking, and virtualization.
• Fluency in Arabic and English.

Benefits

• A weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent.
• 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.
• Annual enrichment benefits (Arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, workspace improvement).
• Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching.
• 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days!).
• Budget for traveling to other offices if remote, plus an annual company offsite.
• Home office stipend to set up your workspace properly.