# Member of Technical Staff, Agent Code

**Company:** [Cohere](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cohere)
**Location:** New York, NY, London, United Kingdom, Europe, Paris, France, Toronto, Canada
**Role:** AI Research
**Skills:** Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, LLMs, Code Generation, Autonomous Agents, Reinforcement Learning, Supervised Fine-Tuning, Distributed Systems, Cloud Infrastructure, Scalable Architectures, Benchmarking
**Posted:** 2025-09-16

> Researches and engineers code-generating LLMs and autonomous agent systems for enterprise automation. The role requires deep code-model expertise, strong Python and deep-learning framework skills, scalable systems experience, and a PhD with relevant publications.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Stay up to date with research in code LLMs, agents, and related fields, implementing novel ideas into systems.
- Design and implement scalable strategies to train code models and deploy agent frameworks for inference and sampling.
- Collaborate with the pretraining team to create supervised fine-tuning trajectories and work on existing and new reinforcement learning algorithms.
- Improve existing benchmarks and design new benchmarks reflecting enterprise user needs.
- Lead experiments on state-of-the-art compute infrastructure for frontier LLMs.

## Requirements
- PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.
- Publications in top-tier venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, or EMNLP.
- Deep expertise in code LLMs and agent systems, including active contributions to code model development.
- Hands-on experience with frontier LLMs and applications in code generation or automation.
- Strong software engineering skills and proficiency in Python and PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar frameworks.
- Experience with distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and scalable architectures.
- Proactive, self-motivated approach and passion for ambitious, open-ended problems.

## Benefits and Compensation
- Competitive compensation and equity.
- Weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in local currency.
- Comprehensive health and dental benefits, including a separate mental health budget.
- RRSP matching, 401(k), or pension scheme, depending on location.
- Up to six months of fully topped-up parental leave for either parent.
- Annual enrichment benefits for arts and culture, fitness and wellness, quality time, and workspace improvements.
- Education and learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching.
- Six weeks of paid vacation (30 working days).
- Travel budget for remote employees to visit other offices and an annual company offsite.
- Coworking benefit for employees not near an office.
- $500 home office stipend.

## Similar jobs

- [AI Researcher](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/077574a5-3c6d-4634-a23c-4a909ce8aa65) - Improbable - Remote
- [Research Engineer, Takeoff Intel](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/398824a2-65cc-4e28-aaeb-26c3b6610876) - Anthropic - San Francisco, CA - $350k – $850k/yr
- [Applied AI Research Scientist](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/93baef6f-91a8-4c62-acaa-44c3ea48b467) - Sardine - Remote
- [Researcher, Agent Safety, Oversight and System Mitigations](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/4544e3bb-bb96-43d2-a96c-cd364b641660) - OpenAI - San Francisco, CA - $380k – $500k/yr
- [Researcher, Agent Safety, Training and Evaluations](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/d80336da-e453-4999-9f26-85a125b679d9) - OpenAI - San Francisco, CA - $380k – $500k/yr

**Apply:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/072f9434-c0fe-46c0-8615-cb87c34725db
**Canonical:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/072f9434-c0fe-46c0-8615-cb87c34725db