# Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure at Cohere

- Company: Cohere
- What the company does: Backed by AI Grant.
- Company website: https://cohere.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: New York
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $160K to $325K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cohere/6aa3cb2b-ee8b-4c92-b505-3a7509f80d7f
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cohere-software-engineer-data-infrastructure/

## About the role

Design, build, and operate the distributed storage system that feeds model training and evaluation. Run this system multiple on Kubernetes clusters at petabyte scale.

## What they're looking for

- Strong storage fundamentals, including replication, consistency, caching, and data lifecycle management
- Strong coding ability. We work in Python and Go, experience in either is enough, but you should be willing to pick up the other
- Experience running stateful systems on Kubernetes, including Persistent Volumes, CSI drivers, and StatefulSets
- Hands-on experience with cloud object storage such as S3 as well as POSIX-style filesystems
- Experience with parallel or HPC filesystems such as Weka, VAST, or Lustre
- Familiarity with the data-loading and checkpointing patterns used in large-scale model training

Tags: Engineering & Infra