Hybrid Product Designer, Human Data

at Cohere

• Job title: Product Designer, Human Data
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Toronto, Canada

About the role

• Product Designer designing intuitive data collection and annotation tools for machine learning. Collaborating with modeling teams at Cohere to enhance AI capabilities through design.

Responsibilities

• Own the design process end-to-end for data collection and annotation tools. Create intuitive interfaces that enable both expert and non-expert annotators to provide high-quality feedback efficiently and at scale.
• Balance technical complexity with usability to deliver intuitive workflows for the annotation experience, understanding how task design, instruction clarity, and interface patterns impact data quality and throughput.
• Collaborate closely with modeling teams, data operations, and cross-functional stakeholders to understand evolving data needs and translate technical requirements into annotator-friendly experiences.
• Drive research initiatives with annotators and data operations teams to identify pain points, validate design decisions, and continuously improve the quality and efficiency of data collection.
• Design patterns and components that scale across diverse annotation tasks, model types, and quality requirements.

Requirements

• Product Design Experience: 3+ years designing digital products, ideally with experience in internal tools, data workflows, or ML/AI products. A portfolio demonstrating how you've designed for complex, technical use cases.
• Technical Fluency: Comfort working in technical environments and an ability to quickly grasp ML concepts like training data, evaluation metrics, and model feedback loops. Bonus points for understanding data annotation, quality assurance processes, or large-scale data systems.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: A collaborative approach to product development—working closely with Product Managers to identify opportunities, with Engineers to navigate technical constraints and review implementations, and with stakeholders across the organization to align on solutions.
• User-Centered Approach: A deep commitment to understanding user needs through research and direct engagement. You drive research initiatives, translate findings into design decisions, and stay informed on industry trends and AI developments that shape the product landscape.
• Craft Excellence: Meticulous attention to craft and detail. You're proficient in Figma, build scalable component systems, and consistently elevate the quality of everything you touch. Bonus points for strong visual design skills in typography, layout, color, and composition.
• Communication Skills: Clear, proactive communication that keeps distributed teams aligned. You document decisions, articulate design rationale to diverse audiences, and create shared understanding across geographies and disciplines.

Benefits

• 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 up to 6 months
• 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, London and Paris, as well as a co-working stipend
• 6 weeks of vacation (30 working days!)