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Senior Staff Software Developer, Data Platform

Coveo
Montréal, CAN
Senior
Onsite
Discovered Yesterday
Software developmentDistributed systemsData-intensive systemsData schemas and APIsData platform architectureData governance

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Role Overview

The Staff Software Developer joins Coveo's Data Platform team to build foundations that support reliable data-driven and ML-driven features at scale.

The role combines deep technical expertise with organization-wide influence, strategic initiative leadership, and cross-team alignment.

Responsibilities

  • Drive strategic data initiatives from identifying opportunities and defining technical approaches through cross-team delivery and measurable results.
  • Align data governance and technical decisions with product and organizational objectives in partnership with technical, product, legal, and security teams.
  • Evaluate third-party offerings, solve ambiguous engineering problems, and make thoughtful technical trade-offs.
  • Mentor developers, raise engineering practices and quality, and identify improvements to productivity, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
  • Shape data platform architecture and establish patterns for secure, reliable, and scalable data capabilities.

Qualifications

  • Extensive software development experience building and evolving complex distributed, data-intensive systems.
  • Ability to translate complex information into data schemas or APIs, with a platform-as-a-product mindset.
  • Strong architectural judgment, ability to navigate ambiguity, and experience independently driving high-impact work.
  • Ability to influence technical direction across teams and align stakeholders; strong interpersonal and adaptable communication skills.

Additional Assets

  • Modern data platforms, ML pipelines, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and large-scale data processing are highlighted as areas of experience that can strengthen a candidacy.
  • Experience with data governance, cross-team platforms or tools, technical presentations, and translating emerging technology into practical solutions can help candidates stand out.

About Coveo

Coveo describes its culture as collaborative and invites applications from qualified candidates; it provides accessible employment practices.

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