Senior backend software engineer at Cohere
Chantelle Chan
Chantelle is a senior backend software engineer at Cohere working on North, Cohere's enterprise AI platform. She leads development of North's My Drive feature, a file RAG solution enabling document storage, syncing, and retrieval. Her latest work focuses on optimizing RAG performance through prompt engineering and context management. Previously, Chantelle was a full-stack engineer at Multi (acquired by OpenAI). Chantelle combines product-minded engineering with a passion for AI-driven solutions, bridging technical innovation with user-centric design. Outside of work, Chantelle enjoys exploring food science experiments in her kitchen and training her cat to perform new tricks.
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