Software Developer
CA$137,500 – CA$172,000 / yr base salary
Posted 30 Sep 2026
Advertised as “Senior Software Developer, BE”
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- Expected experience
- 7+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
| Base salary | CA$137,500 – CA$172,000 / yr |
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About Coursera + Udemy
Coursera and Udemy are now one company, bringing together two mission-driven brands to create the world’s most powerful platform for turning learning into progress. Together, we help more than 300 million learners and 12,000+ enterprise customers build the skills they need for a world being reshaped by AI. 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. Coursera brings trusted content and credentials from leading university and industry partners, while Udemy brings a dynamic skills marketplace and global network of real-world experts. By combining these strengths, we can connect more people and organizations to the skills they need, when they need them.
Shape what comes next
By joining our team, you’ll have the opportunity to reshape how the world learns and applies skills—and help millions of people participate in the new economy. Bring your ideas, expertise, and perspective to meaningful work that can make a difference at global scale.
About this Role:
As a Senior Software Developer on the Monetization team, you'll lead technical initiatives and take significant ownership over service architecture, product API development, and data modeling. You'll design and iterate at startup speed, working with modern Java, MySQL, DynamoDB, gRPC, GraphQL, Kafka, and microservices architecture. 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.
About your skills:
Software Engineering
Core competency for designing, developing, and maintaining backend systems at scale.
Technical Design
Essential for architecting scalable microservices and data modeling solutions.
Agile Product Development
Essential for fast-moving team environment with frequent deployments and iterative development cycles.
What you’ll be doing:
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Design and implement scalable systems and infrastructures that support Coursera's backend services
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Measure your work thoroughly, analyze results, and generate hypotheses to drive new product changes through A/B testing
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Set up monitoring and testing of your APIs and services to understand real-time health and performance of your products