Senior Software Engineer, Platform

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Where we Work

Udemy is a global company headquartered in San Francisco, with additional U.S. offices in Denver and Austin, and international hubs in Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico, and Türkiye. This is an in-office position, requiring three days a week in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) and flexibility on Mondays and Fridays.

About your skills

• Continuous Learning – A strong desire to keep learning and growing, especially in technical competencies and organizational knowledge.

• Analytical Problem Solving – The ability to break down moderately complex problems and find effective solutions using cross-functional communication and systems thinking.

• Proactiveness and Initiative – Taking ownership of projects, prioritizing work independently, and leading moderately complex projects to completion.

• Team-Oriented Mindset – Valuing collaboration, mutual recognition of accomplishments, and fostering a culture of humility and collective pride.

• Adaptability in Technology – Comfort in using various technologies while maintaining services and optimizing code and processes.

About this role

Udemy is searching for a Software Engineer who embodies our values of authenticity, continuous learning, experimentation, being results-oriented, and being individually humble, yet collectively proud. We expect you to be comfortable with a combination of frontend and backend technologies. Our ideal candidate will be comfortable addressing moderately complex problems, including navigating projects with ambiguous parameters.
As an organization, we are always learning. This manifests in our habitual learning approach, constructive debates and utilizing our own platform for continuous development. Your dedication to growth, openness to robust discussions and leveraging our solutions for learning will be pivotal.

What you’ll be doing  

• Implementing services using your skills in Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis/Elasticache, GraphQL, Kubernetes and user interfaces in ReactJS, Typescript, MobX or closely related technologies to meet your team's objectives.

• Deploying, monitoring and maintaining a set of critical services in our infrastructure using Datadog and FireHydrant Signals.

• Building user experiences that adhere to a high level of accessibility standards.

• Applying analytical problem solving, cross-functional communication, and systems thinking to ensure smooth execution of product features.

• Optimizing code and processes to help your team achieve their goals.

• Leading, coordinating, executing, and delivering moderately complex projects at scale.

• Managing complexity within your team while concurrently interacting with teams in adjacent domains.

What you’ll have  

• 2+ years of professional software development experience

• Fluency in English language

• Technical competence in Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, SQL, GraphQL, Kubernetes or closely related technologies.

• Practitioner in ReactJS, Typescript, frontend state management, HTML, CSS.

• Solid understanding of domain-driven design, event-driven development, monolith decomposition patterns.

• Working knowledge of analytical problem solving, cross-functional communication, and systems thinking.

• Ability to break moderately complex problems and projects to deliverable milestones.

Why work here?

You’ll grow here.
Learning is part of the job. You’ll get full access to Udemy courses, a monthly UDay to invest in yourself,