Coursera · 4 hours ago
Senior Staff Software Engineer - Learning Content Experience
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$219K/yr - $290K/yr
8+ years expCoursera is one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, committed to providing universal access to world-class learning. The Senior Staff Software Engineer for Learning Content Experience will collaborate with technical and cross-functional leaders to shape the direction of a team of 70+ engineers, focusing on enhancing the content experience and addressing business challenges through innovative architectural solutions.
E-LearningEdTechEducationInternet
Responsibilities
Work cross-functionally with engineering, product, design, and data teams to inform a roadmap that balances long-term and short-term priorities, based on both big-picture perspective as well as data-informed learnings
Collaborate with tech leads to identify and understand key architectural problems in the Learning Content Experience (LCE) domain
Develop an architecture that efficiently addresses business challenges such as emergent complexity, leveraging foundational knowledge of design patterns and practical experience
Promote sustainable architectural solutions by establishing and advocating for core principles, documented through decision records on API design, data storage strategies, and other key choices
Apply industry best practices and system design expertise to guide local design decisions through collaboration and reviews with engineers
Mentor and guide fellow engineers to help them improve their technical ability and become more effective product software engineers
Initiate and lead high-leverage projects to raise the quality bar for how we work and what we deliver (e.g. by improving developer productivity, and/or the quality, performance, availability, and resiliency of our systems and teams)
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience working in a relevant product software engineering role
3+ years of experience iteratively driving architecture decisions in a single domain, evaluating success, and adapting these choices to changing product and business needs
Expertise in designing highly-scalable and performant full-stack applications, microservices, and storage layers using common frameworks, languages, and infrastructure (e.g. Java, MySQL, NoSQL, Kafka or equivalent)
Knowledge of professional software engineering and best practices for the full SDLC, including technical design, coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, documentation, and operations
Able to communicate effectively at multiple levels of abstraction to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, both verbally and in writing
A strong sense of ownership and conscientiousness, with a strong desire to learn about products, people, and technology; proactive and action-oriented
Strong empathy for both engineers and cross-functional partners, to enable the right balance of inquisitive information-gathering and timely decision-making in order to identify problems, overcome ambiguity, and align others on a solution
Preferred
Experience in hybrid teams supporting both external user-facing web products and internal platforms to enable other teams
Expertise in technologies like ReactJS, GraphQL/DGS, DynamoDB, and Redis for designing scalable and high-performance applications end-to-end
Experience with generative AI tools and supporting processes and systems; proficient in identifying opportunities enabled by emerging technologies while managing production needs for quality and scalability
Strong track record of leadership and mentorship, preferably in a remote environment
Experience with teams with diverse identities and working styles, tailoring approaches to bring out the best contributions from each individual teammate
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
H1B Sponsorship
Coursera has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (15)
2024 (14)
2023 (39)
2022 (42)
2021 (23)
2020 (49)
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
Michele Meyers
Chief Accounting Officer (CAO)
Recent News
2025-12-26
Crunchbase News
2025-12-26
2025-12-26
Company data provided by crunchbase