Senior Software Developer, Search

Development Coveo EN; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Coveo in Montreal is seeking a Senior Software Developer for the Search team to evolve Coveo’s search capabilities, delivering intelligent, scalable experiences across thousands of organizations.

You will work with C++ or Java, tackle distributed systems and AI-powered search challenges, collaborating with product managers, data scientists, and engineers to build the next generation of search platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development using C++ or Java.
• Experience designing and delivering scalable, reusable, high-quality software within a complex platform.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate multiple technologies.
• A collaborative mindset, ownership, curiosity, and continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize scalable search capabilities using C++ or Java.
• Build and evolve platform services, APIs, and extensibility mechanisms across Coveo products.
• Contribute to large-scale search technologies supporting the product ecosystem.
• Improve interoperability between Coveo’s platform and external systems.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, Data Scientists, and Software Developers.
• Analyze existing services and contribute to architecture of new platform capabilities for scalability and reliability.

Skills

C++

Java

Distributed systems

API design

Analytical thinking

Collaborative mindset

Tools

Elasticsearch

OpenSearch

Vespa

Job description

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.

Asone of our Senior Software Developers, Search, you will:

• 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.

Here is what will qualify you for the role:

• 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.

What would make you stand out:

• 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.

Do you think you can bring this role to life? Or add your own color? You don’t need to check every single box; passion goes a long way and we appreciate that skillsets are transferable.

Join the Coveolife!

We encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of, for example, age, gender, disability, gaps in CV, national or ethnic background.

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