Senior Software Developer, Search

Coveo • Montreal, QC

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About The Position

Build the future of intelligent search. Why build just another backend service when you can shape the search technology powering an entire product ecosystem? As a Senior Software Developer on our Search team, you'll help evolve Coveo's search capabilities, delivering intelligent, scalable search experiences to thousands of organizations around the world. You'll tackle high-impact technical challenges at the intersection of distributed systems, search technology, platform engineering, and artificial intelligence (AI). Whether your expertise is in C++ or Java, you'll help build the next generation of search experiences that power Coveo's products.

Requirements

• 5+yrs of professional software development experience using C++ or Java.
• Experience designing and delivering scalable, reusable, high-quality software within a complex platform or product environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate multiple technologies and system boundaries.
• A collaborative mindset, strong ownership, curiosity, and a continuous desire to learn and improve.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with large-scale search technologies such as Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Vespa, or similar platforms.
• Experience building backend services, application programming interfaces (APIs), developer platforms, or product integrations.
• Experience with distributed systems and large-scale cloud-native applications.
• Knowledge of information retrieval, indexing, query execution, vector search, or artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize scalable search capabilities using C++ or Java within Coveo's platform.
• Build and evolve platform services, application programming interfaces (APIs), and extensibility mechanisms that enable search capabilities across multiple Coveo products.
• Contribute to the integration, evolution, and optimization of large-scale search technologies that support our growing product ecosystem.
• Improve interoperability between Coveo's platform and complementary search technologies or external systems.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Architects, Data Scientists, and Software Developers to deliver impactful search solutions.
• Analyze existing services and contribute to the architecture of new platform capabilities that improve scalability, reliability, and performance.

Benefits

• We encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of, for example, age, gender, disability, gaps in CV, national or ethnic background.
• Coveo is committed to providing accessible employment practices. If you require accommodation due to a disability at any point during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] to discuss your needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed