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About the Role
As a Senior Software Developer on the Monetization team, you will lead technical initiatives and take significant ownership over service architecture, product API development, and data modeling. You will design and iterate at startup speed, working with modern Java, MySQL, DynamoDB, gRPC, GraphQL, Kafka, and microservices architecture. In this role, you will balance hands-on development with technical leadership, collaborating across product and engineering to shape both technical decisions and business outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable systems and infrastructures that support Coursera's backend services
- Measure work thoroughly, analyze results, and generate hypotheses to drive new product changes through A/B testing
- Set up monitoring and testing of APIs and services to understand real-time health and performance of products
- Participate in product discussions by proposing technical approaches and influencing roadmap decisions through data and system insights
- 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
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
Skills
- Software Engineering
- Technical Design
- Agile Product Development
Location
- Toronto, Canada
Work Type
- Globally distributed team
- Virtual hiring and onboarding
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- CAD $137,600 - $172,000
Benefits
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
- Bonus and RSU equity programs
- Global perks
About the Company
- At Coursera, we aim to allow employees to develop their skills and grow their careers.
- We’re a globally distributed team that comes together intentionally for collaboration, complex problem-solving, and key milestones — creating opportunities for teams to do their best work together.
- Our virtual hiring and onboarding experience makes it easy to join us and start making an impact from anywhere.
- Coursera offers competitive pay and fair compensation practices across all regions.
Equal Opportunity
- Coursera is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a welcoming and inclusive workplace.
- We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request at recruting@coursera.org.