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 a Business Development Representative (BDR) at Cohere, you will drive revenue growth by identifying, qualifying, and nurturing high-potential leads for our enterprise AI solutions. You’ll act as the first point of contact for prospects, understanding their business needs and aligning them with Cohere’s products to solve complex challenges like natural language processing, AI integration, and scalable language models. You’ll also have the opportunity to sell cutting-edge IP, that is being newly productised, within your own book of business. Key Responsibilities: Proactively research and identify target accounts across region in industries such as finance, technology, manufacturing, healthcare, public sector, etc. using tools like LinkedIn Sales Navigator and CRM platforms to prioritise high-fit prospects. Conduct 40+ outbound calls and personalised emails daily to engage decision-makers (e.g., CTOs, CIOs, and Business Unit leads), focusing on understanding their pain points and demonstrating how Cohere’s AI solutions can address them. Qualify leads using the BANT framework (Budget, Authority, Need, Timeline) and
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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! ========================== 📌 This is an active role, but we're currently building our talent pipeline so we're ready to move quickly once we have capacity to begin interviewing. At this stage, we're reviewing and shortlisting applications rather than scheduling interviews, so we aren't able to provide individual timelines or application status updates. If you're selected to move forward, we'll reach out as soon as we're ready to begin the interview process. To help us keep the process fair and efficient, we kindly ask that you don't follow up with the hiring team directly, as we won't have any additional updates to share until interviews begin. Thank you for your patience—we're looking forward to connecting with you when the process gets underway. ========================== Why This Role? We're hiring our first Senior Manager, Talent Development to help define how Cohere develops managers, leaders, and talent as we scale. This is a rare opportunity to own and shape a function from the ground up. Rather than inheriting a mature learning organization, you'll design the programs, frameworks, and ways of working that help one of th
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! About the Role Are you passionate about secure-by-design software engineering? Do you want to be at the forefront of AI innovation and enterprise security? Cohere's North team is seeking a Software Engineer with a focus on security to join our mission and make a significant impact. This isn't a review-and-advise role, you'll own and ship production security features that customers rely on every day. Your Role: As a Senior Software Engineer with a security focus, you'll play a pivotal role in building and securing North's architecture. Your responsibilities will include: Software Development: Contributing to the core development of security features such as OIDC/OAuth flows and session management, ensuring North's AI agents are secure Secure Coding: Writing secure code to handle OIDC tokens, user claims, and sensitive data, adhering to best practices for JWT validation and encryption Authentication and Data Protection: Implementing authentication mechanisms including user login, token management, and authorization checks to maintain data integrity Tool Integration: Pulling in new tools to enhance North's security capabilities Dev
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! About the Role Are you passionate about secure-by-design software engineering? Do you want to be at the forefront of AI innovation and enterprise security? Cohere's North team is seeking a Software Engineer with a focus on security to join our mission and make a significant impact. This isn't a review-and-advise role, you'll own and ship production security features that customers rely on every day. Your Role: As a Senior Software Engineer with a security focus, you'll play a pivotal role in building and securing North's architecture. Your responsibilities will include: Software Development: Contributing to the core development of security features such as OIDC/OAuth flows and session management, ensuring North's AI agents are secure Secure Coding: Writing secure code to handle OIDC tokens, user claims, and sensitive data, adhering to best practices for JWT validation and encryption Authentication and Data Protection: Implementing authentication mechanisms including user login, token management, and authorization checks to maintain data integrity Tool Integration: Pulling in new tools to enhance North's security capabilities Dev
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! As a Senior Security Engineer you will: Serve as trusted advisor to team’s leadership and partner teams by clearly articulating business risks associated with security issues Lead security operation functions – including vulnerability management, SAST, DAST, detection engineering, and incident response – in CI/CD and cloud-native production environments Integrate security into our applications throughout the software development lifecycle Collaborate with product and development teams, driving the success of larger projects to ensure that software is built and deployed securely without compromising agility and speed Driving and supporting bug bounty program, application security reviews and threat modeling, including code review and dynamic testing Assess and integrate security tools to automate and scale security processes, i.e: evaluate open-source vs vendor solutions Gather and analyze security metrics to address security issues with cross-team dependencies Be a problem solver who is empathetic to developer concerns and will employ constructive and flexible approach to building innovative solutions You may be a good fit if: 5
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! The Opportunity Cohere seeks a Chief Information Security Officer who can help shape Cohere’s security strategy & the broader conversation around securing AI at scale. You know how to build trust across organizations and communicate trade-offs clearly in environments where speed, innovation, and security must coexist. You will build the playbook and lead the evolution of Cohere’s global security program across corporate systems, cloud infrastructure, AI development, and enterprise operations. As a visible leader for Cohere’s security vision internally and externally you will navigate risk, represent Cohere in industry discussions, and reinforcing our commitment to building AI responsibly. In this role you will: Define and Scale Cohere’s Security Strategy: Define and execute Cohere’s overarching information security strategy in alignment with business priorities and long-term company growth. Build a Modern Risk, Governance & Compliance Program: Lead Cohere in identifying, assessing, and mitigating security risk across all business functions. Secure AI Systems and Technical Infrastructure: Lead the security architecture st
Upwork Inc.’s (Nasdaq: UPWK) family of companies connects businesses with global, AI-enabled talent across every contingent work type including freelance, fractional, and payrolled. This portfolio includes the Upwork Marketplace, which connects businesses with on-demand access to highly skilled talent across the globe, and Lifted, which provides a purpose-built solution for enterprise organizations to source, contract, manage, and pay talent across the full spectrum of contingent work. From Fortune 100 enterprises to entrepreneurs, businesses rely on Upwork Inc. to find and hire expert talent, leverage AI-powered work solutions, and drive business transformation. With access to professionals spanning more than 10,000 skills across AI & machine learning, software development, sales & marketing, customer support, finance & accounting, and more, the Upwork family of companies enables businesses of all sizes to scale, innovate, and transform their workforces for the age of AI and beyond. Since its founding, Upwork Inc. has facilitated more than $30 billion in total transactions and services as it fulfills its purpose to create opportunity in every era of work. Learn more about the Upwork Marketplace at Upwork.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and X; and learn more about Lifted at Go-Lifted and follow on LinkedIn. As Senior Marketing Technology Manager, you will shape the systems that power performance marketing across Paid Acquisition, Paid Social, and SEO. You will own the technical foundation behind tagging, tracking, signal quality, and platform integrations, while helping evolve our broader MarTech ecosystem across customer data, consent, and automation. This role is built for a marketing technologist who moves fluidly from problem definition to implementation to measurement, and who can turn emerging AI capabilities into reliable, governed workflows that improve speed, accuracy, and business impact. Reporting to the Head of Mar
From C$122K/yr
At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. The People Development team is building the infrastructure for how Lyft grows, develops, and equips its people. As Technical Learning Manager, you will own the strategy and execution of technical learning programs for Lyft's Engineering, Science, Product, and Design organizations — one of our highest-leverage investments in people. This role sits at the intersection of learning design, program management, and functional excellence across the technology organizations. You will inherit an established portfolio of programs for software engineers — including Tech Learning, compliance training, and documentation initiatives — and will be responsible for running, evolving, and expanding them across all of Lyft’s tech orgs. You will report to the Head of People Development and work closely with Functional excellence leadership, HRBPs, and cross-functional partners to ensure our technical learning programs are high-quality, well-adopted, and tied to real business outcomes. Responsibilities: Program Ownership Own the strategy and execution of Lyft's technical learning portfolio, including engineering continuing education programs, documentation improvement initiatives and compliance training Manage mid-cycle programs with active stakeholder relationships and scheduled commitments — ensuring continuity, quality, and follow-through Provide editorial oversight for Lyft's internal technical content initiatives, including the Tech Blog — managing workflow, stakeholder relationships, and publication processes in partnership with engineering contributors Assess the current program portfolio and make recommendations grounded in engineer needs and business priorities Provide engaging learning experiences that empower technologists to do their best work at Lyft Embed AI upskilling in all programs including
$175K – $225K/yr
About Clutch Clutch is Canada's largest online used car retailer, delivering a seamless, hassle-free car-buying experience to drivers everywhere. Customers can browse hundreds of cars from the comfort of their home, get the right one delivered to their door, and enjoy peace of mind with our 10-Day Money-Back Guarantee. Named one of Canada's Top Growing Companies two years in a row and awarded a spot on LinkedIn's Top Canadian Startups list, we're looking to add curious, hard-working, and driven individuals to our growing team. Headquartered in Toronto, Clutch was founded in 2017. Clutch is backed by world-class investors including Canaan, BrandProject, Real Ventures, D1 Capital, and Upper90. To learn more, visit clutch.ca Technology Full TypeScript stack for front- and back-end, with some legacy JavaScript Front-end: ReactJS app with functional components and context API Back-end: ExpressJS with PostgreSQL database and Sequelize ORM Microservices architecture using Docker, Terraform, AWS ECS, and other AWS services Interservice communication via RabbitMQ and Apache Kafka About the role Clutch is seeking a Team Lead, Software Engineering to lead a team of engineers building and scaling our platform. This is a player-coach role: you'll split your time roughly evenly between hands-on engineering and team leadership, mentoring engineers, owning team delivery, and partnering with product to ship work that moves the business forward. You'll partner closely with other engineering leaders on technical direction and cross-team initiatives while owning the health, growth, and execution of your team. What you'll do Lead a team of 3–5 engineers, owning their growth, performance, career development, and day-to-day delivery Stay hands-on, contributing roughly half your time to code, architecture, and technical design across the stack Partner with Product, Design, and Data to translate business priorities into a clear roadmap and well-scoped engineering work Drive execution and de
$160K – $200K/yr
About Clutch Clutch is Canada’s largest online used car retailer, delivering a seamless, hassle-free car-buying experience to drivers everywhere. Customers can browse hundreds of cars from the comfort of their home, get the right one delivered to their door, and enjoy peace of mind with our 10-Day Money-Back Guarantee. Named one of Canada’s Top Growing Companies two years in a row and awarded a spot on LinkedIn’s Top Canadian Startups list, we’re looking to add curious, hard-working, and driven individuals to our growing team. Headquartered in Toronto, Clutch was founded in 2017. Clutch is backed by world-class investors including Canaan, BrandProject, Real Ventures, D1 Capital, and Upper90. To learn more, visit clutch.ca About the role At Clutch, we believe advances in AI are fundamentally changing how great products are built. Traditional handoffs between product, design, and engineering are giving way to smaller, faster teams where builders can take ideas from concept to production in days instead of months. Our engineers don't just write code, they own outcomes. That means working directly with stakeholders to understand the problem, shaping the solution, thinking through design and user experience, and building scalable products end to end, using strong engineering principles and AI-powered development tools. We're looking for people who see a broken process or an unanswered question and feel compelled to fix it, not wait for it to land in their queue. This is a role for people who thrive on ownership of the problem, the solution, and the outcome. You'll have the autonomy to take initiatives from idea to launch, using whatever tools the job requires (code, AI, prototypes, judgment) to get there. If you're energized by ambiguity, moving fast, and building products with real business impact, you'll thrive at Clutch. Technology at Clutch We believe great engineers can learn great technology. Our team builds with technologies like TypeScript, React, Express, Postgr
From C$156.1K/yr
Level Up Your Career with Zynga! At Zynga, we bring people together through the power of play. As a global leader in interactive entertainment and a proud label of Take-Two Interactive, our games have been downloaded over 6 billion times—connecting players in 175+ countries through fun, strategy, and a little friendly competition. From thrilling casino spins to epic strategy battles, mind-bending puzzles, and social word challenges, our diverse game portfolio has something for everyone. Fan-favorites and latest hits include FarmVille™, Words With Friends™, Zynga Poker™, Game of Thrones Slots Casino™, Wizard of Oz Slots™, Hit it Rich! Slots™, Wonka Slots™, Top Eleven™, Toon Blast™, Empires & Puzzles™, Merge Dragons!™, CSR Racing™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, Match Factory™, and Color Block Jam™—plus many more! Founded in 2007 and headquartered in California, our teams span North America, Europe, and Asia, working together to craft unforgettable gaming experiences. Whether you're spinning, strategizing, matching, or competing, Zynga is where fun meets innovation—and where you can take your career to the next level. Join us and be part of the play! Position Overview: Come join our team at Zynga making an impact across all of the company’s games - Mobile Game Tech (MGT). Lead the FinOps team by setting technical direction, crafting and implementing backend services for our games. We’re looking for outstanding engineers with a passion for technology and the desire to work in a team with dynamic strengths. This unique position will challenge you to tackle situations across a broad set of technical stacks, to soak up internal business logic from all kinds of teams, and to drive cost efficiency improvements across the organization. This FinOps team expands beyond just AWS and GCP and investigates cost optimization and unit economics for a variety of technology vendors. What You'll Do: Lead all technical aspects of the FinOps team’s software development an
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! About the Role Cohere is seeking an experienced Tax Counsel to lead our global tax planning function. This critical position will focus on strategic tax planning across global M&A transactions, Canadian income tax compliance and planning, global tax planning, and transfer pricing optimization. You'll play a key role in shaping Cohere's tax strategy while working closely with leadership, Finance, Legal, and external advisors. Key Responsibilities Lead tax due diligence and preliminary planning for all M&A transactions, coordinating with internal teams and external advisors to support business objectives Design and implement global tax planning structures that optimize Canadian and foreign tax positions, transfer pricing outcomes, and US GAAP compliance Oversee domestic Canadian income tax planning, compliance, and routine filings, establishing efficient processes with service provider coordination Provide expert tax guidance to Legal and business teams on commercial arrangements and strategic initiatives, translating complex tax implications into actionable insights Monitor global tax developments and assess their impact
About Forma.ai: Forma.ai is a Series B startup that's revolutionizing how sales compensation is designed, managed and optimized. We handle billions in annual managed commissions for market leaders like Edmentum, Stryker, and Autodesk. Our growth has been fuelled by our passion for fundamentally changing and shaping how companies use sales intelligence to drive business strategy. We’re welcoming equally driven individuals who are excited about creating something big! About the Team The go-to-market team sits at the center of Forma.ai’s growth engine, directly impacting pipeline, revenue, and our reputation in the market. This team is strategic, creative, and relentlessly focused on scaling an efficient, measurable go‑to‑market operation. What You'll Be Doing As a Business Development Representative, you’ll help create new opportunities and build pipeline for Forma.ai. You’ll work closely with Sales and Marketing to identify the right prospects, engage decision-makers, and turn interest into qualified sales opportunities. Outbound & Prospecting Research target accounts and identify key stakeholders across Sales, Revenue Operations, HR, and Finance Execute personalized outbound outreach across email, phone, LinkedIn, and other channels Test and iterate on messaging, sequences, and outreach tactics to improve engagement and conversion Qualification & Pipeline Qualify prospects to understand their priorities, challenges, and potential fit for Forma.ai Book qualified meetings and create new pipeline for our Account Executives Use CRM and sales engagement tools to manage activity, track engagement, and stay organized Sales & Marketing Collaboration Partner closely with Account Executives on target accounts, messaging, and outreach Follow up with inbound leads, event attendees, and prospects engaged through marketing programs Work w
From $10K/yr
About Ramp Ramp is building the smart infrastructure for finance teams, embedded in the transaction flow of every dollar a business spends. We automate how over $200B in annualized spend flows in and out of 70,000+ companies: authorizing payments, flagging risk, categorizing spend, and closing books. The problems are high-stakes, data-dense, and unforgiving. We hire people with high agency and high urgency. We look for slope over intercept. We care less about where you trained and more about what you’ve built. At Ramp, everyone is a builder who owns problems end to end and makes consequential decisions that shape the outcome. The median Ramp customer saves 5% and grows revenue 16% in their first year – far in excess of businesses operating without Ramp. We believe every ambitious company deserves the same. If you want to build systems that directly shape how companies move and manage billions, Ramp is the place to do it. About the role As a Business Development Representative in our Toronto office, you will be focused on building Ramp’s presence in the Canadian market. In this high-velocity, high-impact outbound role, you will create qualified opportunities for Ramp’s Account Executives and bring in high-quality pipeline. Our sales organization is looking for someone who is hungry, highly coachable, self-motivated and has a natural inclination for selling – a builder who can perform in ambiguity. As part of our early-stage team, you’ll act as the initial point of contact in prospecting and qualifying leads. If you’re eager to make an impact, embrace challenges and are passionate about playing a key role in defining Ramp’s presence in Canada and accelerating growth in this new market, this role is for you. What you’ll do Source new business across Canada through outbound prospecting and outreach Identify the right finance, operations, and executive stakeholders within target accounts. Execute thoughtful, personalized multi-channel outbound campaigns Run confident col
Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Title and Summary Senior Analyst - Public Sector, Business Development (Tourism, Insights & Innovation) Overview The Mastercard Public Sector team partners globally to help governments create sustainable, inclusive, and efficient economies while achieving commercial success. Our market leaders are supported by Global Public Sector team specializing in Agentic, CyberSecurity, Urban Mobility, Government Payments, SMEs, and Tourism. We are seeking a highly motivated and curious professional to join our team and support governments, National Tourism Organizations (NTOs), Destination Management Organizations (DMOs), and tourism ecosystem partners globally. The Senior Analyst, Tourism, Insights & Innovation will support the Vice President responsible for Tourism and the Vice President responsible for AI within Mastercard's Global Public Sector team. The role will drive tourism market intelligence, commercial opportunity development, AI-enabled innovation, and customer engagement activities globally. The ideal candidate is passionate about the tourism industry, interested in emerging technologies, and able to connect Mastercard's capabilities with the priorities of governments and tourism stakeholders. Role & Key responsibilities Tourism Market Intelligence • Monitor global tourism trends, de
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