Cohere
Senior
Lead Cohere's application security program — vuln management, SAST/DAST, pen testing, and a growing security team
Cohere is hiring a hands-on security engineering manager to build enterprise-wide vulnerability management, SAST/DAST programs, and lead penetration testing (including of their agentic AI platform and bug bounty program), while also hiring, coaching, and growing the security team. This interview tests both deep AppSec technical depth and people-management/stakeholder-influence skills at a frontier AI company.
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What this interview tests
- Vulnerability management program design & remediation tracking
- SAST/DAST implementation in CI/CD and running applications
- Penetration testing scope including agentic AI / LLM platform security
- Bug bounty program management
- People leadership: hiring, coaching, growing a security team
- Compliance alignment (OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, ISO 27001) and executive communication
Common question themes
Design an enterprise vulnerability management process from intake to remediation
How would you stand up a SAST program and integrate it into CI/CD
Walk through a DAST assessment methodology for a running application
How do you pen-test or secure an agentic AI platform differently from a traditional web app
How would you run or evolve a bug bounty program
Tell me about growing and coaching a security engineering team
How do you communicate security risk and posture to non-technical leadership
Build vs buy decision-making for security tooling
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