Are you curious about the systems that power information retrieval, index querying, and machine learning development at scale? Coveo is looking for Software Development Interns to join teams within Research & Development, where you’ll contribute to meaningful backend projects that support real-world products and client-facing solutions. Your mission? Help improve critical services, strengthen backend infrastructure, and gain hands-on experience in large-scale engineering environments.
You could work on one of the following projects:
- Search API team: The team is responsible for how Coveo retrieves information from the index and for the surrounding technologies that support that flow. As an intern, you’ll contribute to refactoring initiatives that help align the Search API service with the rest of R&D, while learning how to make incremental changes to a critical service.
- Query-Index team: This team works on index query-related systems, including how Coveo retrieves information from the index and the related technologies that support that flow. As an intern, you’ll gain practical experience with regular engineering workflows while also owning a project from requirements gathering to delivery.
- Engage actively in daily stand-up meetings to discuss progress, roadblocks, and plans. Collaborate with team members to ensure alignment and effective communication.
- Manage and resolve assigned Jira tickets, ensuring timely completion of tasks.
- Contribute to real-world projects that will be implemented for Coveo's clients. This can include coding, testing, and deploying solutions that meet customer requirements and enhance their experience.
- Develop your skills by drawing on your mentor’s expertise. Watch, learn, and apply the best practices, methodologies, and strategies used in project management and software development.
- Take an active role in code review sessions. Offer constructive feedback and receive advice on how to raise the quality of your code, follow best practices and strengthen your programming skills.
- You are currently studying Software Engineering or Computer Science in a Bachelor's degree or higher in the province of Québec.
- You are able to work from one of our offices 2 days a week. Our hybrid work model offers flexibility, you can benefit from face-to-face learning from your team on office days while home days allow you to focus and complete complex work.
- You are legally entitled to work full-time in Canada for the duration of the 15 week internship.
- You have experience in:
- To join the Search API team: Scala, Java or Kotlin, experience with microservices, SpringBoot, or APIs is a bonus.
- To join the Query-Index team: C++, experience with Java or SQL is a bonus.
- You have completed an internship.
- You have a strong sense of ownership and are proud of what you create.
- You strive to grow and aren't afraid to ask questions.
- You’re passionate about the tech industry and lead with a proactive mindset.
- You’ve participated in some hackathons and/or have a few personal projects.
Do you think you can bring this role to life? Send us your application, we want to hear from you!
We encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of, for example, age, gender, disability, gaps in CV, national or ethnic background.
This job description was written by humans, assisted by AI. We may leverage technology in our hiring process to help us see the person behind the resume.
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Skills Required
- Currently studying Software Engineering or Computer Science (Bachelor's or higher) in the province of Quebec
- Able to work from one of our offices two days a week (hybrid)
- Legally entitled to work full-time in Canada for the duration of the 15-week internship
- Completed an internship
- Experience in Scala or Java or Kotlin (Search API team)
- Experience with microservices, SpringBoot, or APIs (Search API team)
- Experience in C++ (Query-Index team)
- Experience with Java or SQL (Query-Index team)
- Experience in Java or Python (ML Platform Building team)
- Experience or interest in cloud computing; ideally AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud (ML Platform team)
- Strong sense of ownership and pride in deliverables
- Proactive mindset and willingness to ask questions and learn
- Participation in hackathons and/or personal projects
Coveo Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Coveo and has not been reviewed or approved by Coveo.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is considered comprehensive and good value, spanning medical, dental, vision, disability, mental‑health support, telemedicine, and an EAP. This breadth and perceived affordability stand out across locations.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays, PTO/sick leave, volunteer time off, and work‑from‑home flexibility are commonly available. Flexible working hours and solid vacation policies in Canada further support work‑life balance.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental‑leave top‑ups, options to extend leave, and on‑site daycare in Quebec City indicate robust family support. These provisions complement caregiver‑friendly flexibility in day‑to‑day scheduling.
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What We Do
Coveo powers the digital experiences of the world’s most innovative brands serving millions of people and billions of interactions across every digital experience. After a decade of enriching our market-leading platform with forward-thinking global enterprises, we know what it takes to gain a trusted AI-experience advantage. We strongly believe that the future is business-to-person, that experience is today’s competitive front line, a make or break for every business. For enterprises to achieve this AI-experience advantage at scale, it is imperative to have an Enterprise Spinal and composable ability to deliver AI semantic search and generative experiences at each customer and employee interaction.
