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Staff Software Developer

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Toronto, Ontario

7+ years experience
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Overview

Coursera is hiring a Staff Software Developer on its Monetization team in Toronto, Canada. The role leads backend service architecture, product API development and data modeling, balancing hands-on coding with technical leadership. The posting states a targeted base salary of CAD $137,600 - $172,000 and requires 7+ years of software engineering experience.

Responsibilities:

  • Concevoir et implémenter des systèmes évolutifs pour les services backend
  • Mesurer le travail et mener des tests A/B
  • Mettre en place la surveillance des API et services
  • Collaborer avec les chefs de produit sur les exigences

Requirements summary:

  • 7+ ans d'expérience en génie logiciel
  • Expérience des microservices avec Java, Scala, MySQL, Kafka
  • Expérience d'équipes à déploiements fréquents
  • Maîtrise des données et métriques pour les décisions

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Employer posting date
2026-09-30
First seen by our source
2026-10-08
Source record updated
2026-11-10

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Job details

SenioritySenior
DepartmentSoftware development
Experience7+ years
Work settingOffice
PositionMostly sitting
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
LanguagesEnglish
Perks mentionedPerformance bonus, Stock or equity, Wellness

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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.

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  • 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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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…

FieldValue
IndustryE-Learning Providers
Company size1,001-5,000 employees
HeadquartersMountain View, CA
Organization typePublic Company
SpecialtiesEducationTechnologyand Internet
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Job description

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:

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.

For more information about how Coursera collects and uses your personal information, please see our Coursera + Udemy Global Applicant Privacy Notice.

To protect against recruitment fraud, Coursera + Udemy recruiters only communicate via official coursera.org/udemy.com email addresses and never through personal accounts. We do not accept resumes via email or social media; please submit all applications directly through our careers page.

If you encounter suspicious recruitment activity, please report it via our Fraudulent Activity Submission Form.

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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