# Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist

**Company:** [Cohere](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cohere)
**Location:** Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Skills:** Kubernetes, Helm, DevOps, CI/CD, Git, Azure, AWS, GCP, Networking, Virtualization, Gpu Orchestration, Distributed Systems, Inference Systems, Performance Optimization, Private Cloud
**Posted:** 2026-09-10

> Deploy and integrate an enterprise AI platform across private-cloud and on-premises environments while partnering directly with customer IT teams. The role requires production Kubernetes, Helm, cloud infrastructure, networking, virtualization, DevOps, and Arabic and English fluency.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end deployment of North in private-cloud and on-premises environments, including planning, configuration, testing, and rollout.
- Partner with enterprise IT teams to assess infrastructure, security requirements, and data-management practices.
- Develop and deliver high-quality solutions for enterprise customers through rapid experimentation and execution.
- Design and implement deployment strategies tailored to client needs and data privacy and security requirements.
- Troubleshoot and resolve deployment-related technical issues to minimize downtime.
- Travel to customer premises 20–40% of the time.

## Requirements
- Experience working directly with customers.
- Experience deploying enterprise software in private- or hybrid-cloud environments.
- Experience administering large-scale production Kubernetes clusters.
- Expertise with Helm.
- Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and Git.
- Strong expertise in cloud infrastructure, networking, and virtualization.
- Fluency in Arabic and English.

## Nice-to-haves
- Familiarity with GPU node orchestration and scheduling.
- Understanding of GPU infrastructure, inference systems, Kubernetes, distributed systems, and performance optimization.

## Benefits
- Weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in local currency.
- Health and dental benefits, including a mental-health budget.
- Retirement-plan matching or pension scheme, depending on location.
- Up to six months of fully topped-up parental leave for either parent.
- Annual enrichment, education, learning, workspace, and home-office benefits.
- Six weeks of paid vacation.

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