Want to build backend systems that other developers rely on every day? As a Senior Backend Software Developer in the Platform Identity & Entitlements (PIE) team, you’ll work at the core of the Coveo Platform™, building and evolving the central services that enable our customers to create, manage, secure and govern their Coveo organization.
Your work will span backend development and cloud infrastructure, with a strong focus on reliability, scalability and maintainability. Because the PIE team develops foundational systems core to our customer journey and used across research and development, you’ll collaborate closely with other development teams and help them successfully build on the services your team provides.
As a Senior Backend Developers, you will:- Design, develop and maintain backend services that power core capabilities of the Coveo Platform™ (like user management, groups and permissions, licensing, etc.) .
- Own services throughout their lifecycle, from technical design and implementation to deployment, monitoring and ongoing maintenance in production.
- Build reliable and scalable systems while proactively identifying performance, availability and operational risks.
- Collaborate with other development teams to design solutions that integrate effectively with the services and capabilities owned by your team.
- Monitor the health, performance and availability of production systems, investigating issues and implementing sustainable improvements.
- Contribute your backend expertise to technical discussions, code reviews and continuous improvements while sharing knowledge with other developers.
- At least 5 years of software development experience, with strong experience developing backend systems in a cloud environment and solid Java knowledge.
- Demonstrated experience designing and maintaining reusable services for large-scale systems with complex infrastructure or a significant user base.
- Experience taking ownership of production services, including their reliability, performance, deployment and ongoing evolution.
- Strong problem-solving skills, resourcefulness and the ability to independently navigate complex technical challenges while collaborating effectively with others.
- Experience developing backend applications with Spring Boot.
- Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and cloud-native architectures.
- Familiarity with infrastructure and orchestration technologies such as Terraform and Kubernetes.
- Experience with continuous integration systems such as GitHub Actions or equivalent.
- You bring a product-oriented mindset
Do you think you can bring this role to life? Send us your application, we want to hear from you!
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Skills Required
- At least 5 years of software development experience
- Strong experience developing backend systems in a cloud environment
- Solid Java knowledge
- Experience designing and maintaining reusable services for large-scale systems with complex infrastructure or a significant user base
- Experience owning production services, including reliability, performance, deployment, and ongoing evolution
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to independently navigate complex technical challenges
- Ability to collaborate effectively with others
- Experience developing backend applications with Spring Boot
- Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services and cloud-native architectures
- Familiarity with Terraform and Kubernetes
- Experience with continuous integration systems such as GitHub Actions or equivalent
- Product-oriented mindset
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.
