Engineering Manager

Who are we? Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are designed to solve real-world business problems. We’re training and deploying frontier models for enterprises who are building AI systems. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI and we are looking for folks that want to be part of that. We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are all passionate about their craft. We are a global technology company headquartered in Toronto with key offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul. Join us! Role Overview: As Engineering Manager for our verticals application team, you'll lead a team of engineers building full-stack applications, backend and frontend, that bring AI into critical sectors, starting with the Pharmaceutical industry and expanding into areas like finance and healthcare over time. You'll own the application and user-experience layer, partnering closely with the ML engineering teams who build the underlying data and agent infrastructure. Day to day, that means working with product managers, designers, and ML engineers to ship best-in-class applications, while hiring, mentoring, and growing your team. We're looking for someone who has built AI-first products deeply integrated with agentic systems, and who can deliver secure systems that users can trust in high-stakes environments. Our pace is startup-fast, but the bar is enterprise-high: these applications must be reliable, observable, safe, and auditable from day one. Key Responsibilities: - Lead and manage backend and frontend engineers, fostering collaboration and ensuring predictable delivery - Act as the primary interface between Product and Engineering teams - Transform product requirements into a technical roadmap and own it end-to-end - Design, build, ship, and maintain scalable features for Cohere verticals - Apply technical expertise to make practical decisions that balance velocity, depth, and quality - Contribute across the stack to develop new features, fix bugs, and optimize performance - Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the team Qualifications: - Experience working with non-technical product managers - Experience managing engineering teams, conflict resolution, and a proven track record of delivering high-quality software - Have built, shipped & maintained production-ready applications, including AI first applications - Strong in coding and are comfortable working across the stack - Experience deploying cloud-based and on-prem applications - High agency — you don't wait for permission to solve problems - Excellent communication skills in English Note: - This role is onsite in our Berlin office (4 days a week) - If any of the above don’t align perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply. FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AT COHERE ENJOY THESE PERKS: - A weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in your local currency for lunch. - Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health. - RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme. - 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months, for either parent. - Annual enrichment benefits: Arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and a workspace improvement credit. Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching. - 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days!) - Budget for traveling to other offices if you are remote, plus an annual company offsite. HOW AND WHERE WE WORK: - Cohere is remote-friendly, but we also have offices in Toronto, London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul with more opening soon. - For those in the office: a daily lunch program, plent…