Senior Staff Data Engineer

Cohere

. Hire and grow a team of data and infrastructure engineers .

Posted 10/22/2026full-timeToronto • CanadaSenior💰 CA$380,000 - CA$450,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in data engineering and infrastructure management, with a strong focus on cloud data warehouses, workflow orchestration, and data governance. Proven ability to lead teams, set strategic roadmaps, and ensure operational excellence in data platforms.

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Data EngineeringCloud Data WarehousingWorkflow OrchestrationData GovernanceTeam Leadership

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Hard Skills

Data ModelingBigQuerySnowflakeAirflowTerraformIncident ResponseSLA ManagementData FreshnessSemantic LayersAccess Management

Soft Skills

Team BuildingStrategic PlanningOperational ExcellenceCollaborationAdaptability

Tools & Technologies

Cloud RunLookerVPC Service ControlsIAM PatternsAudit Logs

Industry Keywords

Data InfrastructureAnalytics PlatformGovernance WorkflowsComplianceAI Foundations

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowBigQueryCloudTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Hire and grow a team of data and infrastructure engineers
Set the technical bar, develop talent, improve team performance, and build leadership capability
Own and sequence the Data Foundation roadmap covering warehouse buildout, agentic analytics, data governance, and platform work
Manage the end-to-end data platform, including ingestion, Airflow and Cloud Run orchestration, BigQuery/dbt modeling, Looker, export APIs, semantic layers, and Terraform provisioning
Define governance and access for humans, service accounts, and agents using VPC service controls, IAM patterns, onboarding paths, audit logs, and sensitive-request processes
Operate alerting and anomaly detection, own data freshness SLAs, lead incident response and postmortems, and establish durable reliability standards
Lead the agentic analytics program, including semantic-layer integration, evaluation harness development, and production decisions
Establish company-wide analytics standards, onboard new domains, and maintain accurate documentation
Partner with Product and Engineering, Business Insights, Security, and Legal on analytics surfaces, business marts, governance, and compliance-critical requests

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience across data engineering, data infrastructure, or analytics platform work
Strong management track record leading data platform or infrastructure teams
Serious hands-on experience in data engineering or infrastructure before management
Production experience with cloud data warehouses such as BigQuery or Snowflake
Experience with workflow orchestration such as Airflow
Experience with infrastructure as code such as Terraform
Depth in data modeling, including fact and dimension tables, raw/core/mart separation, and semantic layers
Experience setting team roadmaps from company or function strategy and delivering cross-team outcomes
Demonstrated operational excellence with alerting, SLAs, incident response, and postmortems
Exposure to data security and governance, including IAM, access management, VPC service controls, audit, and compliance workflows
Genuine interest in AI and AI-agent data foundations
Comfort operating in ambiguity, leading multi-workstream roadmaps, and working directly with executives

Benefits

Comp & perks

Weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in local currency
Full health and dental benefits, including a separate mental health budget
RRSP matching, 401K, and Pension Scheme
100% parental leave top-up for up to 6 months, for either parent
Annual enrichment benefits covering arts and culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and workspace improvement
Education and learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching
6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days)
Budget for travel to other offices for remote employees
Annual company offsite
Daily lunch program, snacks, and regular community and social events for office employees
Co-working benefit for employees not near an office
$500 home office stipend