Forward Deployed Engineer, Agentic Platform (Singapore)

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Work closely with enterprise customers to translate ambiguous business problems into well-framed agentic workflows with clear success criteria
• ▹Lead the design, build and delivery of LLM-powered agents that reason, plan and act across tools, APIs and sensitive enterprise data sources
• ▹Build and ship features for North, Cohere's AI workspace platform, across the full product lifecycle
• ▹Take ownership of scoping and shaping use cases end-to-end, flexing into whatever technical area the problem demands, including frontend
• ▹Contribute to shared frameworks and patterns enabling consistent, high-quality delivery across customers and teams
• ▹Drive clarity in ambiguous situations, build alignment, and raise engineering quality across the organization
• ▹Travel to work on-site with customers and partners (20-40%)

Requirements

• ▹Hands-on experience building and deploying production-grade software in Python; clean, testable, observable, scalable code
• ▹Experience building and deploying performant RAG and agentic applications, including agents using patterns like ReAct or Plan-and-Execute
• ▹Deep familiarity with the LLM stack: frontier models, vector databases, orchestration frameworks
• ▹Proven ability to build robust evaluation frameworks measuring agent accuracy, safety and latency
• ▹Experience working directly with customers, leading technical discussions with enterprise stakeholders and translating ambiguous needs into technical specs
• ▹Experience owning the full scope of a use case end-to-end
• ▹Ability to execute well in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with shifting priorities

Nice to have

• ▹Experience setting architectural standards for AI and agentic systems across distributed teams
• ▹Experience flexing into unfamiliar technical areas, such as frontend, when the problem calls for it
• ▹Exposure to regulated or sensitive industries (finance, healthcare, telecoms)
• ▹Experience with enterprise security, compliance or auditability requirements for AI systems

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Weekly lunch stipend of $75 (or local equivalent)
• ▹Full health and dental benefits, including a separate mental health budget
• ▹Retirement plan contributions (RRSP/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, workspace credit
• ▹Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses and coaching
• ▹6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days)
• ▹Budget for travel to other offices, plus an annual company offsite
• ▹$500 home office setup stipend

About the company

Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. It builds cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products designed to solve real-world business problems, co-headquartered in Toronto and San Francisco with key offices in London, New York City, Montreal, Seoul, Germany and Paris. North is Cohere's AI workspace platform, offering a secure, customizable environment that lets enterprises deploy AI while retaining control over sensitive data.