Coursera · 2 weeks ago
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$138K/yr - $179K/yr
5+ years expCoursera is a global online learning platform founded by Stanford professors to make education accessible to everyone. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop scalable backend solutions and take ownership of technical approaches and product outcomes.
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Responsibilities
Design and implement scalable systems and infrastructures
Collaborate with Product Managers and stakeholders to shape requirements, clarify tradeoffs, and translate business goals into technical designs
Break down complex, ambiguous problems into iterative backend solutions that balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability
Participate in product discussions, proposing technical approaches and influencing roadmap decisions through data and system insights
Measure your work thoroughly, analyze results, and generate hypotheses to drive new product changes through A/B testing
Setup monitoring and testing of your APIs and services to better understand real time health of your products
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience working in a relevant software engineering role
Expertise in designing highly-scalable and performant micro-services and storage layers using common frameworks, languages, and infrastructure (e.g. Java, Play/Scala, MySql, Cassandra, Solr, Kafka)
Experience partnering with product and business stakeholders to deliver user-facing or platform features end-to-end
Demonstrated ability to operate in ambiguous problem spaces and drive clarity through technical and product collaboration
Comfortable working in a fast-moving team environment (we deploy many times a day!)
Data-driven and strongly motivated by success and learnings through experiments and metrics analysis
Benefits
Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
Bonus and RSU equity programs
Global perks designed to help you grow and thrive wherever you are
Company
Coursera
Coursera is an online education platform that offers classes for students.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$458.9MKey Investors
Global Secure InvestNew Enterprise AssociatesSEEK
2021-03-31IPO
2021-01-01Series Unknown· $1M
2020-10-23Series F· $1.1M
Leadership Team
Alan Cardenas
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Recent News
2026-01-16
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