Staff Software Engineer

About us

At Udemy, we’re on a mission to transform lives through learning. Through our intelligent skills platform and a global community of instructors, we’ve helped over 70 million learners and 16,000 organizations achieve their goals. Come join us in ensuring everyone, everywhere has access to the skills they need to unlock their potential and create possibilities for themselves and others.

This hybrid position requires two days per week in our Dublin office. 

About you

You have experience in building scalable platform services that support critical customer experiences and are foundational to other development teams. You have an interest in security, identity, and anti-fraud. You demonstrate an enjoyment in learning and have a proven track record of acquiring skills outside of your comfort zone.

About this role 

Udemy is looking for a Staff Software Engineer (IC4) to join the Account Trust team in Dublin, Ireland.  We are part of the Platform Engineering organization that treats security and compliance as an integral part of product development. 

You will safeguard our customers against security risks and abuse, modernize our login and signup experience with the latest in authentication standards, and ship code based on our platform using micro-frontends and micro-services. You’ll grow by understanding how bad actors could abuse our platform, implement protections for our instructors and learners, and be responsible for the uptime of our production systems.

What you'll be doing

• Implement new services that focus on improving user experience and enhancing security on the Udemy platform.  
• Contribute significantly to the design process and roadmap of the team.
• Identify new business problems that bring value to both consumers and enterprise customers. 
• Come up to speed on existing systems in a self driven way. Provide code reviews and bug fixes as required to support work across the company. 
• Integrate with third-party products and APIs that support combating abuse and improving security. 
• Provide platform support for other development teams within Udemy that rely on the code and the services that you deliver. 
• Work with our customer-facing Trust and Safety team to better understand patterns of abuse and security risks on our platform.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and be operationally responsible for the services that you ship along with your teammates.
• Mentor junior team members by providing both technical and career guidance.

What you’ll have

• Minimum of 5 – 7 years of professional experience working on a team in full stack software development with backend and frontend deliverables. Experience in both backend and front-end is expected. Mastery of both is not.  
• Experience in Python, Kotlin, Java, JavaScript, or Typescript.
• Experience building APIs with gRPC or REST. 
• Experience styling paging using CSS, SASS, or Less.
• Experience with SpringBoot, NextJS and React. 
• A track record of continuous learning and problem-solving.
• Experience building front-end or backend services on a cloud platform (GCP, AWS, Azure, etc)
• Experience in building scalable distributed systems
• Knowledge of Web Application Security, such as cookies, CORS, XSS, and CSP.
• Knowledge of cryptography, network security, or authentication/authorization standards.

Nice to have

• Experience with GraphQL.

We understand that not everyone will match each of the above qualifications. However, we also realize that everyone has unique experiences that can add value to our company. Even if you think your background might not perfectly align, we'd love to hear from you!

Life at Udemy

We aspire to be as vibrant and dynamic as the communities we serve, as inquisitive as those who use our platform, and as revolutionary as the future we strive to open for everyone. Here are some of the things we love about life at Udemy:

• We’re invested in creating an inclusive environment that welcomes a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences. From creating employee resource groups, ensuring we’re a Fair Pay Workplace, and building a flexible work culture, our belonging, equity, diversity, and inclusion (BEDI) initiatives always put our people first. We want you to be able to bring your authentic self to work because when we all do, we’re better for it.

• Learning is what we do – inside and out. Our Learning & Development team is second to none, helping ensure your journey is one of continuous progression. You’ll also have unlimited access to Udemy courses, monthly UDays (meeting-free professional development days), and a g