Research Internship

Who you are

• Are currently pursuing, or in the process of obtaining, a PhD in Machine Learning, NLP, Artificial Intelligence, or a related discipline. We will also consider exceptional non-PhD candidates
• Are eligible for work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization throughout the internship period
• Have experience using large-scale distributed training strategies, data annotation and evaluation pipelines, or implementing state of the art ML models
• Are familiar with autoregressive sequence models, such as Transformers
• Have strong communication and problem-solving skills with the ability to convey complex research findings clearly and succinctly
• Have knowledge, or are knowledgeable, of programming languages such as Python, C, C++, Lua, or related languages
• Have knowledge of related ML frameworks such as JAX, Pytorch and Tensorflow
• Have previous experience in building systems based on machine learning and deep learning techniques
• Demonstrate passion for applied NLP models and products
• Demonstrated expertise through publications in top tier venues in fields such as machine learning, NLP, artificial intelligence, computer vision, optimization, computer science, statistics, applied mathematics, or data science
• Proven ability to tackle analytical problems using quantitative methodologies
• Proficiency in handling and analysing complex, high-dimensional data from various sources
• Experience in applying theoretical and empirical research to real-world problem-solving
• To be eligible for a Research Internship, you must be currently pursuing a PhD in Machine Learning, NLP, or a related discipline. You need to be available for a full-time internship that lasts for 4-6 months
• If any of the above doesn’t line up exactly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply

What the job involves

• You'll have the opportunity to collaborate with Cohere researchers and tools on designing and implementing novel research ideas and shipping state-of-the-art models to production
• We have openings in teams covering base model training, retrieval augmented generation, data and evaluation, safety, and finetuning, to name a few; and we are open to receiving intern applications in any research area relating to LLMs to broaden your research connections while obtaining deep experience in a growing AI startup
• Conduct cutting-edge machine learning research, building and training large language models
• Focus on research projects aimed at expanding the frontier of knowledge in language modelling and associate areas such as evaluation, multimodal models, optimisation etc
• Disseminate your research results through the production of publications, datasets, and code
• Contribute to research initiatives that have practical applications in Cohere’s product development

Benefits

• Six weeks’ paid vacation
• Equity / stock options
• RRSP, 401(k), and Pension Scheme contributions
• Coverage for 100% of your insurance premiums across health, dental, vision, and travel
• Additional coverage for accessing mental health providers/services
• Six months of fully paid parental leave, including adoption and surrogacy
• Financial support for egg freezing and IVF in Canada and the UK
• A monthly fitness and wellness allowance
• Globally dispersed company that supports a remote work culture
• A $2,000 annual education benefit for professional development
• A weekly stipend for meals when working remotely and catered lunch when working from one of our global offices
• A monthly arts and culture allowance
• A monthly quality time allowance