Senior Software Engineer - Backend
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Job Overview:
Coursera is bootstrapping a new development center, with a focus on building a platform team in India. This is an unique opportunity to be part of the founding team that would not only own a mission critical charter, but also play a significant role in shaping the culture for the location. We are looking for individuals with an entrepreneurial mindset who are excited by the prospect of building impactful 0 to 1 products.
As an engineer on the Enterprise team at Coursera, you will play a key role in designing and building Tier-1 applications that power critical online purchase flows within Coursera's enterprise contract product. This includes everything from discovery and checkout, to payments, taxes, and invoicing. You will have the opportunity to tackle complex, full-stack technical challenges while influencing the future direction of our product roadmap. In this role, you’ll work closely with a cross-functional team of product managers, designers, solution architects, and talented engineers, collaborating to deliver high-impact features and contribute to revenue-critical services that are central to Coursera's growth. We’re looking for an engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, innovative environment, with a strong sense of ownership and a passion for building scalable, high-performance solutions.
Responsibilities:
Design and implement scalable & robust APIs and Systems
Measure your work thoroughly, analyze results, and generate hypotheses to drive new product changes through A/B testing
Write and review technical documentation for the components owned by your team
Develop and deploy your high-quality code (in Java, Scala or similar languages) following industry best practices and track key service level indicators (SLIs)
Debug and fix production issues, lead blameless retrospectives, and participate in the on-call rotation to ensure adherence to the service level agreements (SLAs)
Collaborate and mentor team members, and contribute to teams' success improving processes
Basic Qualifications:
5-10 years of experience working in a relevant backend software engineering role
Proficient in implementing APIs and writing automated tests
Expertise in using managed cloud services, streaming technologies and handling large data sets
Prior experience in developing new features and debugging complex issues with minimal supervision
Fervent belief in engineering quality and building technical leverage for others
Data-driven and strongly motivated by success and learnings through experiments and metrics analysis
Preferred Qualifications:
Founding engineers or candidates with prior experience in start-up environments are preferred, specifically those who have been part of a bootstrapping team, small start-up team, or expansion team.
Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, and navigate through ambiguity and uncertainty with confidence.
Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products or services.
Proven track record of delivering results in a resource-constrained environment with limited guidance and supervision.
If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:
#LI-SP2
About the job
Senior Software Engineer - Backend
To see similar active jobs please follow this link: Remote Development jobs
Job Overview:
Coursera is bootstrapping a new development center, with a focus on building a platform team in India. This is an unique opportunity to be part of the founding team that would not only own a mission critical charter, but also play a significant role in shaping the culture for the location. We are looking for individuals with an entrepreneurial mindset who are excited by the prospect of building impactful 0 to 1 products.
As an engineer on the Enterprise team at Coursera, you will play a key role in designing and building Tier-1 applications that power critical online purchase flows within Coursera's enterprise contract product. This includes everything from discovery and checkout, to payments, taxes, and invoicing. You will have the opportunity to tackle complex, full-stack technical challenges while influencing the future direction of our product roadmap. In this role, you’ll work closely with a cross-functional team of product managers, designers, solution architects, and talented engineers, collaborating to deliver high-impact features and contribute to revenue-critical services that are central to Coursera's growth. We’re looking for an engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, innovative environment, with a strong sense of ownership and a passion for building scalable, high-performance solutions.
Responsibilities:
Design and implement scalable & robust APIs and Systems
Measure your work thoroughly, analyze results, and generate hypotheses to drive new product changes through A/B testing
Write and review technical documentation for the components owned by your team
Develop and deploy your high-quality code (in Java, Scala or similar languages) following industry best practices and track key service level indicators (SLIs)
Debug and fix production issues, lead blameless retrospectives, and participate in the on-call rotation to ensure adherence to the service level agreements (SLAs)
Collaborate and mentor team members, and contribute to teams' success improving processes
Basic Qualifications:
5-10 years of experience working in a relevant backend software engineering role
Proficient in implementing APIs and writing automated tests
Expertise in using managed cloud services, streaming technologies and handling large data sets
Prior experience in developing new features and debugging complex issues with minimal supervision
Fervent belief in engineering quality and building technical leverage for others
Data-driven and strongly motivated by success and learnings through experiments and metrics analysis
Preferred Qualifications:
Founding engineers or candidates with prior experience in start-up environments are preferred, specifically those who have been part of a bootstrapping team, small start-up team, or expansion team.
Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, and navigate through ambiguity and uncertainty with confidence.
Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products or services.
Proven track record of delivering results in a resource-constrained environment with limited guidance and supervision.
If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:
#LI-SP2