Full-stack product engineer building the agent/automation platform inside Cohere's North workspace

Cohere is hiring a product engineer for the Agents & Automations team inside North, its enterprise AI workspace. You'd build the workflow builder, execution engine, integrations, debugging/observability tools, and evaluation systems that let customers create and trust AI-powered automations and agents. Expect a broad full-stack scope across Python, TypeScript/React, Postgres, and Kubernetes.

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What this interview tests

Full-stack ownership across frontend, backend, and AI-powered systems
Designing workflow/automation builder and execution engine primitives
Debugging, observability, and evaluation tooling for agents
Product judgment and end-to-end feature ownership
Working with Python, TypeScript/React, Postgres, Kubernetes

Common question themes

Describe a production feature you owned end-to-end, from design to iteration

How would you help a user turn natural-language intent into a working automation

How would you design debugging tools for a failed agent run

How do you decide where to invest in reliability vs. shipping speed

Tell me about a time you changed your technical opinion based on new evidence

How do you use AI in your own engineering work while staying accountable for quality

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