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Annotator Referrals - Competitive Programming

Remote, USA Full-time Posted 2025-07-27

Who are we?

Our mission is to scale intelligence to serve humanity. We’re training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like content generation, semantic search, RAG, and agents. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI.

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. We like to work hard and move fast to do what’s best for our customers.

Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are passionate about their craft. Each person is one of the best in the world at what they do. We believe that a diverse range of perspectives is a requirement for building great products.

Join us on our mission and shape the future!

Who are we?

Our mission is to scale intelligence to serve humanity. We’re training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like semantic search, RAG, and agents. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI.


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. We like to work hard and move fast to do what’s best for our customers.


Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are passionate about their craft. Each person is the one of the best in the world at what they do. We believe that a diverse range of perspectives is a requirement for building great products.


Join us on our mission and shape the future!


At Cohere, we are language-obsessed -- we believe that great writers are indispensable to our company and product. We are on a mission to build machines that understand the world and make them safely accessible to all. Data quality is foundational to this process. Machines, or Large Language Models to be exact, learn in similar ways to humans - by way of feedback.


Please Note: This is a part-time independent contractor position based remotely or in Cohere’s Toronto office. We are looking for candidates who are able to commit to roughly 20 hours per week - although there is flexibility to take on additional hours if interested. This is an independent contractor position and is BYOD - Bring Your Own Device (laptop).


On this project you will:

  • Spend the majority of your time writing, reading/proofreading code, or rating text to create perfect writing samples to train our data models

  • Label, proofread, and improve machine-written and human-written texts

  • Raise the bar continually by writing fresh copy that is of exceptional quality on a variety of topics

  • Follow our style guide, and make recommendations on unique situations that fall outside of its scope

  • Work with intense attention to detail while citing sources of information

You might be a good fit if you are:

  • A quick, thorough, creative coder. You have an uncanny knack for creating clean, elegant solutions (and maybe you've done so professionally before). You also are the type who can skillfully distill complex ideas into readable, digestible code and code descriptions

  • A thoughtful and thorough PR reviewer. You've spent time proofreading and giving feedback on others' code. You've improved others code quality.

  • A fast, thorough reader with great comprehension skills

  • Expert web-based research skills that you've used for your code before

  • Ability to follow complex instructions, navigate ambiguity and work independently in a remote or hybrid environment

The Candidate Journey:

  • Initial Screening - Once you have submitted your application our Talent Team will review your resume and writing samples.

  • Virtual Meet & Greet - If selected to move forward, you will have a short video call with a member of our Annotation Army!

  • Practical Assessment - This assignment will test your code skills through a hackerrank test.

  • Offer - Independent Contractor Agreement

Prospective candidates, please be advised: this role may involve exposure to Not Safe For Work (NSFW) content, including explicit, offensive, or other inappropriate material.



We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please submit an Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.


Our Perks:

An open and inclusive culture and work environment

‍ Work with cutting-edge AI technology

A vibrant & central location

A great selection of office snacks

Performance-based incentives



If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply! If you want to work really hard on a glorious mission with teammates that want the same thing, Cohere is the place for you.

We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please submit an Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.

Full-Time Employees at Cohere enjoy these Perks:

An open and inclusive culture and work environment

‍ Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research

Weekly lunch stipend, in-office lunches & snacks

Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget to take care of your mental health

100% Parental Leave top-up for 6 months for employees based in Canada, the US, and the UK

Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement

Remote-flexible, offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco and London and co-working stipend

✈️ 6 weeks of vacation

Note: This post is co-authored by both Cohere humans and Cohere technology.

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