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Coursera

Senior Software Developer, BE

Toronto, Canada · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$138k-$172kDetected 6 days ago
PythonJavaScalaBackend DevelopmentObject-Oriented ProgrammingData StructuresMySQLCassandraDynamoDBAPI DevelopmentGraphQLgRPCKafkaA/B TestingLeadership

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Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role80
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level III)83
Fits your clock70

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About the role

  • In this role, you'll balance hands-on development with technical leadership, collaborating across product and engineering to shape both technical decisions and business outcomes.
  • Essential for fast-moving team environment with frequent deployments and iterative development cycles.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable systems and infrastructures that support Coursera's backend services
  • Measure your work thoroughly, analyze results, and generate hypotheses to drive new product changes through A/B testing
  • Collaborate with Product Managers and stakeholders to shape requirements, clarify tradeoffs, and translate business goals into technical designs
  • Drive data-informed decisions by analyzing metrics and experiment results to validate product hypotheses
  • You'll design and iterate at startup speed, working with modern Java, MySQL, DynamoDB, gRPC, GraphQL, Kafka, and microservices architecture.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience working in a software engineering role
  • Experience designing highly-scalable and performant microservices and storage layers using languages and infrastructure such as Java, Play, Scala, MySQL, Cassandra, Solr, or Kafka
  • Experience working in fast-moving team environments with frequent deployments
  • Background in using data and metrics to inform technical and product decisions
  • Demonstrated history of building and launching products with understanding of API design, system architecture, and data architecture
  • Object Oriented Programming in Java Specialization
  • Introduction to Programming with Python and Java Specialization
  • Functional Programming in Scala Specialization

Skills

  • Set up monitoring and testing of your APIs and services to understand real-time health and performance of your products
  • Participate in product discussions by proposing technical approaches and influencing roadmap decisions through data and system insights
  • Software Engineering
  • Technical Design
  • Essential for architecting scalable microservices and data modeling solutions.
  • Agile Product Development
  • What you'll be doing:
  • About Coursera + Udemy
  • Read more about the combined company by visiting our blog.
  • Why join us now?
  • AI is transforming how people learn, work, and grow, and the need for new skills has never been greater.
  • Shape what comes next

Compensation

  • At Coursera, we offer competitive, zone-based pay aligned to your location, experience, and role level.
  • Our total rewards package goes beyond salary, with comprehensive health and wellness benefits, bonus and RSU equity programs, and global perks designed to help you grow and thrive wherever you are.
  • Coursera offers competitive pay and fair compensation practices across all regions.
  • Job titles may span multiple career levels, and the targeted hiring base salary range for this role in Canada is CAD $137,600 - $172,000.
  • Actual compensation will depend on factors such as experience, education, transferable skills, business needs, and location.
  • This range may be adjusted over time and may include eligibility for variable pay, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Equal opportunity

  • Coursera is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a welcoming and inclusive workplace.
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