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Senior backend developer
- Province of Quebec (Canada)
- Research and Development
- Full-time
- Remote or Hybrid
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The expert behind our scalable and resilient solutions
Our team is looking for a senior backend developer to join them in handling millions of search queries per week, ensuring that every single one is dispatched to the right service.
Here is a glimpse at your responsibilities:
- Maintain one of Coveo's most critical customer-facing services.
- Work with product owners and service teams to interpret requirements.
- Produce, present and discuss design documents with the team and stakeholders.
- Collaborate in defining and shaping our API, being aware that every decision has an impact on those consuming it.
- Investigate and analyze the performance of our services in order to optimize them.
- Be hands-on with every part of the development life cycle from conception to coding to automated testing to deployment.
Here is what will qualify you for the role:
- More than 5 years experience in software development (Java preferred).
- Solid experience building large and complex systems in distributed teams.
- Expertise developing backend web services and a service-oriented architecture.
Here is what would make you stand out:
- Experience building large systems hosted in the Cloud.
- Interest in working with functional programming style, and mixed OO/FP Scala code.
- Great communication skills and the ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
Do you think you can bring this role to life?
You don’t need to check every single box; passion goes a long way and we appreciate that skillsets are transferable.
Send us your application, we want to get to know you! Join the #Coveolife!
We encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of, for example, age, gender, disability, gaps in CV, national or ethnic background. We know that applying for a new role is a lot of work and we really appreciate your time.
Absolutely! This is a question women and under-represented groups ask themselves more often than the rest of the population. Don't underestimate yourself, we are not looking for someone perfect but for someone who is motivated, capable and who will thrive in this position. Allow us to discover you!
Coveo is a Quebec-based company, pioneer in AI-powered search and recommendations. Coveo uses AI technologies and intelligent search to personalize every digital experience for customers, partners, dealers, and employees. Coveo combines unified content, unified interactions behavioral data and machine learning to deliver relevant information and recommendations across every business interaction, making websites, e-commerce, contact centers and intranets efficient, effortless, content-rich, thus boosting conversion.
If it were easy, someone else would have done it. All of our colleagues at Coveo find the drive to continuously seek new challenges and test roads no one else has ever explored. This ethos has allowed us to become a world leader in an innovative industry and to create a collaborative, diverse and trusting place to work filled with amazingly talented and passionate people. We love a good challenge, and we never say no to an opportunity to learn and develop new cutting-edge skills. Discover our values here
In-person
This role requires you to be in the office full-time, whether it be at our Quebec, Montreal, Weert, or London locations. Our modern infrastructures are designed to enhance cross-team collaboration and promote overall well-being.
Hybrid
Our offices in Quebec City, Montreal, London and Weert are designed to foster collaboration and your well-being. We gather there on our pillar days two times a week to strengthen in-person interactions and encourage creativity, all while providing you with the flexibility of a hybrid environment.
Remote
We hire from all over the world because the diversity of backgrounds fuels our continuous innovation. Our benefits will enable you to work comfortably from home, but you may be required to travel to attend our in-person team-building events.
