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Senior Software Developer, BE
@ Coursera
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Coursera is hiring a Senior Software Developer for its Monetization team in Toronto. The role leads backend service architecture, product API development and data modeling, balancing hands-on coding with technical leadership. Pay is CAD $137,600 to $172,000, with zone-based pay, bonus, RSU equity and health benefits.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement scalable backend systems and infrastructure
- Set up monitoring and testing of APIs and services
- Propose technical approaches and influence roadmap decisions
- Collaborate with product managers on requirements and tradeoffs
- Analyze metrics and experiment results to validate hypotheses
Requirements summary:
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience designing scalable microservices and storage layers
- Experience in fast-moving teams with frequent deployments
- Background using data and metrics for decisions
- History of building and launching products
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-30
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-16
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 7+ years |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Perks mentioned | Performance bonus, Stock or equity, Wellness |
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Coursera
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Full company description
Coursera was launched in 2012 by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. Today, it is one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with 197 million registered learners as of December 31, 2025. Coursera partners with over 375 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, and degrees. Coursera’s platform innovations — including generative AI-powered features like Coach, Role Play, and Course Builder, and role-based solutions like Skills Tracks — enable instructors, partners, and companies to deliver scalable, personalized, and verified learning. Institutions worldwide rely on Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, students, and citizens in high-demand fields such as GenAI, data science, technology, and business, while learners globally turn to Coursera to master the skills they need to advance their careers. Coursera is a Delaware public benefit corporation and a B Corp.
- LinkedIn followers
- 2,756,882
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 6,652
- Reported office locations
- 381 East Evelyn Ave, Mountain View, CA 94041, US
- 119 W 24th St, New York, New York 10011, US
- SCO 57, Sector 29, Gurgaon, Haryana 122001, IN
- 256-260 Old Street, 5th floor, London, London EC1V 9DD, GB
- Business categories
- Information Technology
- Software
- Education
- EdTech
- Marketing
- Internet
- Financial Services
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- E-Learning
- Other recorded names
- Coursera Sourcing
- Coursera
- Specialties
- Education
- Technology
- and Internet
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- No
- Reported total investment
- 458,900,000
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Coursera was launched in 2012 by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. Today, it is one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with 197 million registered learners as of December 31, 2025. Coursera partners with over 375 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | E-Learning Providers |
| Company size | 1,001-5,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, CA |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Specialties | EducationTechnologyand Internet |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 4 |
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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:
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
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
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
Qualifications:
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
Keep Learning
If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:
- Object Oriented Java Programming: Data Structures and Beyond Specialization
- Object Oriented Programming in Java Specialization
- Introduction to Programming with Python and Java Specialization
- Functional Programming in Scala Specialization
Compensation / Location:
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.
This role is only available for hire in Toronto, Canada
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.
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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 [email protected].
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