Shigeo — Senior Data Quality Specialist at Cohere (Vancouver)
Kansai Univ. informatics master’s → Supership web then data engineering + UltraImpression data-team lead; CICCC data science; ~200 apps in 2024 recession; hired at Cohere.
Senior Data Quality Specialist · Vancouver · Cohere
Profile
Shigeo is a Senior Data Quality Specialist at Cohere in Vancouver, working on global LLM product quality. Attributes: data job type, prior experience, 30s, college route; monthsToOffer not stated.
Current role
**Senior Data Quality Specialist at Cohere** (LLM company), global product involvement.
Japan experience
Prior experience. Kansai University graduate school **informatics master’s**. New grad at **Supership** (KDDI-group adtech): ~**3.5 years** on ScaleOut DSP dashboard (Rails + React; jQuery→React, Rails upgrades)—web engineer start. Internal move to **data engineer** (~**1 year**) to work on the company’s large data assets (T-shaped talent policy). Seconded (not transferred) to joint venture **UltraImpression** (Supership × TV Asahi × Dentsu) as **data team leader** ~**1 year** (mostly secondees/contractors). Small internship PM experience at Supership earlier. Graduate-era international exposure: **UIST 2017** poster (Québec City); **SIGGRAPH 2018** Vancouver student volunteer—overseas felt reachable.
Path to Canada / North America
Chose Vancouver partly via SIGGRAPH network (though contact later left Canada). Considered WH vs Co-op college; Frog after a general agent pushed WH-only. Enrolled **CICCC data science** Co-op track to re-learn foundations / technical leadership confidence; did Kaggle and English presentations. Supported living costs with **Japan contracting** during 2024 recession search. Open to returning to Japan long-term; PR only if Canada fit. ~**200 applications** under tough 2024 market.
Outcome
Hired at **Cohere** as Senior Data Quality Specialist. monthsToOffer not stated in attributes. Employer takeaway: data-centered Japan IC + management stretch + recession-volume search into LLM company.
Based on Frog’s Japanese-language interview. English summary for scanning. Original interview (Japanese)
Source truncates at start of 2024 job-hunt section; Cohere outcome clear from intro/attributes.