Software Development Manager – Commerce

As a Development Manager for Coveo's Commerce solution, you’ll lead a team focused on transforming how enterprise-level retailers integrate our technology into their storefronts to enable AI-driven relevance & personalization. 

Coveo for Commerce is a powerful product discovery platform that leverages Generative AI, intuitive merchandising controls and an outcome-focused UI to personalize search experiences, create dynamic product listings, and deliver tailored recommendations for enterprise-level retailers.

At Coveo, Development Managers blend their technical expertise with their people management skills to shape our technology strategy and drive processes that empower your team to deliver innovative solutions for some of our most challenging problems. Your teams will spearhead key initiatives such as ingesting massive product catalogs and integrating with major commerce platforms.

If you're passionate about engineering leadership at the intersection of AI and commerce to build impactful solutions for some of the world's largest retailers, this is the role for you! 

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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.