# Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure

**Company:** [Cohere](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cohere)
**Location:** London, United Kingdom
**Role:** Data Engineering
**Salary:** CA$200k – CA$340k/yr
**Skills:** Python, Go, Kubernetes, Persistent Volumes, Csi Drivers, Statefulsets, Amazon S3, Posix Filesystems, Replication, Caching, Lustre
**Posted:** 2026-09-11

> Build and operate petabyte-scale distributed storage infrastructure supporting large-model training and evaluation. The role requires strong storage fundamentals, Python or Go, Kubernetes experience, and hands-on knowledge of object storage and POSIX filesystems.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate distributed storage systems that feed model training and evaluation.
- Run stateful systems across multiple Kubernetes clusters at petabyte scale.
- Collaborate with research and training-infrastructure teams to translate data access patterns into throughput, latency, and durability requirements.
- Solve networking, I/O, consistency, and cross-region data movement challenges for large datasets and model checkpoints.

## Requirements
- Strong fundamentals in storage, including replication, consistency, caching, and data lifecycle management.
- Strong coding ability in Python or Go, with willingness to learn the other language.
- Experience running stateful systems on Kubernetes, including Persistent Volumes, CSI drivers, and StatefulSets.
- Hands-on experience with cloud object storage such as Amazon S3 and POSIX-style filesystems.

## Nice to Have
- Experience with parallel or HPC filesystems such as Weka, VAST, or Lustre.
- Familiarity with data-loading and checkpointing patterns used in large-scale model training.
- Interest in large-model training and evaluation workloads.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in local currency.
- Full 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 100% parental-leave top-up 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.
- Travel budget for other offices and an annual company offsite.
- Coworking benefit and a $500 home-office stipend.

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