Software Development Manager

Summary

Join Coveo as a Development Manager for their Commerce solution and lead a team transforming how enterprise-level retailers integrate AI-driven relevance and personalization into their storefronts. You will leverage your technical expertise and people management skills to shape technology strategy and drive processes empowering your team to deliver innovative solutions. The role involves leading and mentoring senior software developers, overseeing development lifecycles, collaborating with cross-functional teams, ensuring platform scalability and performance, and driving technical excellence. This exciting opportunity requires 8-10 years of software development experience and 3-5 years leading high-performing teams, ideally in a SaaS environment. Passion for engineering leadership at the intersection of AI and commerce is essential.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8-10 years of professional experience in a software developer role and at least 3-5 years leading high-performing development teams, ideally in a SaaS product environment
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with various stakeholders
• A ‘voice it, own it, do it’ mindset that enables you to identify opportunities for change and drive them through to completion

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor one or more teams of senior software developers (6-10 people), fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment and growing our next generation of technical leaders
• Work with your director and other team leads to ensure the right people are using the right processes to build the right product
• Oversee the development lifecycle of new features, from initial planning to deployment, ensuring alignment with business goals
• Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and UX designers to deliver intuitive, data-driven solutions that meet customer needs
• Ensure the scalability and performance of our Commerce platform as we expand our global footprint
• Maintain and optimize existing systems, proactively addressing technical debt while planning for future growth
• Drive technical excellence by introducing best practices in coding, testing, and DevOps
• Stay aware of emerging trends in e-commerce, general software development & AI to keep Coveo at the forefront of innovation

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing distributed development teams across multiple timezones
• A solid understanding of data intensive applications and analytics platforms
• Knowledge of commerce platforms, their data structures and various integration mechanisms
• Strong technical background, working with cloud technologies like AWS & Kubernetes as well as Java, React,TypeScript