Senior Software Developer, Backend

Coursera; Canada; Remote; CAD 186,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading online learning platform is seeking a Backend Developer to innovate and iterate at startup speed. The candidate will take technical ownership in areas such as service architecture and product API development. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in software engineering, expertise in Java and microservices, and thrive in fast-paced environments. Competitive salary between $135,000 and $178,000, flexible work arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Competitive salary

Virtual onboarding and interviews

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working in a relevant software engineering role.
• Expertise in designing highly-scalable and performant micro-services.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving team environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable systems and infrastructures.
• Measure your work, analyze results, and generate hypotheses.
• Setup monitoring and testing of your APIs and services.

Skills

Java

MySQL

Microservices

Kafka

Data-driven analysis

Tools

gRPC

GraphQL

DynamoDB

Job description

Coursera was launched in 2012 by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. It is now one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with183 million registered learners as of June 30, 2025. Coursera partners withover 350 leading university and industry partnersto offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, and degrees. Coursera’s platform innovations enable instructors to deliver scalable, personalized, and verified learning experiences to their learners. Institutions worldwide rely on Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, citizens, and students in high-demand fields such as GenAI, data science, technology, and business. Coursera is a Delaware public benefit corporation and a B Corp.

We’re a global platform aiming to transform lives through learning by offering transformative courses, certificates, and degrees that empower learners worldwide to advance their careers through skill mastery. We’re looking for inventors, innovators, and lifelong learners eager to shape the future of education. If you’re ready to build the global programs and tools that fuel the power of online learning, join Team Coursera.

At Coursera, we are committed to building a globally diverse team and are thrilled to extend employment opportunities to individuals in any country where we have a legal entity. We require candidates to possess eligible working rights and have a compatible timezone overlap with their team to facilitate seamless collaboration.

Coursera has a commitment to enabling flexibility and workspace choices for employees. Our interviews and onboarding are entirely virtual, providing a smooth and efficient experience for our candidates. As an employee, we enable you to select your main way of working, whether it's from home, one of our offices or hubs, or a co-working space near you.

Job Overview:

As a Backend Developer, you’ll have a real opportunity to innovate, productize, and iterate at start-up speed. In this role, you’ll take up significant technical ownership for Coursera in these areas: service architecture, product API development, data modeling, and more. Our backend developers mostly work with modern Java (16+), MySQL, DynamoDB, gRPC, GraphQL (DGS), Kafka, and more within a microservices architecture.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement scalable systems and infrastructures
• Measure your work thoroughly, analyze results, and generate hypotheses to drive new product changes through A/B testing
• Setup monitoring and testing of your APIs and services to better understand real time health of your products

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience working in a relevant software engineering role
• Expertise in designing highly-scalable and performant micro-services and storage layers using common frameworks, languages, and infrastructure (e.g. Java, Play/Scala, MySql, Cassandra, Solr, Kafka)
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving team environment (we deploy many times a day!)
• Data-driven and strongly motivated by success and learnings through experiments and metrics analysis

If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:

Coursera offers competitive pay and equitable compensation practices. Our job titles may span more than one career level. This role's targeted hiring base salary range is between $135,000 and 178,000. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, including but not limited to prior work experiences, training/education, transferable skills, business needs, and geographical location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for variable pay, equity, and benefits.

Coursera is anEqual Employment Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected class.

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please contact us at [e-mail].

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