Senior Software Test Engineer

Coursera; Toronto; On-site; CAD 138,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Coursera, a leading online learning platform, seeks a Senior Software Test Engineer to scale quality across millions of learners. You’ll drive test coverage, infrastructure improvements, and robust test frameworks in partnership with SRE and Infrastructure teams.

You will help define test strategies, optimize pipelines for speed and reliability, and lead quality initiatives across teams while advancing our AI-enabled testing roadmap.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of testing experience, ideally testing web applications.
• 7+ years working directly with product teams in an agile environment.
• 6+ years of experience in UI and API automation.
• 1+ years developing AI augmented agentic testing frameworks and evals for AI-driven applications.
• 6+ years working with CI/CD build pipelines focusing on test automation (Github actions, CircleCI, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency with open source testing tools like Puppeteer, Cypress, Playwright, Selenium.

Responsibilities

• Build software and solutions that empower Engineering teams to solve problems and deliver high-quality software
• Research and identify AI augmented agentic solutions and lead large-scale test automation initiatives
• Monitor test environments and provide support when errors and incidents occur
• Contribute to end-to-end test strategy, analyze requirements, build test plans, and design test cases for new features and integrations
• Lead quality initiatives of one or more teams to ensure higher bar of quality
• Actively seek areas for improvement in our tech stack and find creative ways to break our product and systems
• Use quality metrics and performance metrics to drive change and improve quality

Skills

Testing experience

UI automation

API automation

AI testing

Agile collaboration

Tools

Puppeteer

Cypress

Playwright

Selenium

MCP servers

GitHub Actions

CircleCI

Kubernetes

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.

Job Overview

As a Senior Software Test Engineer (Test Infrastructure and Tooling) at Coursera, you’ll play a key role in helping teams produce high-quality software for millions of learners across the world. Actively seeking out opportunities for test coverage, infrastructure, and framework improvements, you’ll be an enabling force; allowing developers to deliver value to our customers quickly and safely.

You’ll work closely with Infrastructure, and SRE teams to optimize build and test pipelines for speed, coverage, and reliability. Collaborating with Engineering leaders and fellow Test Engineers, you’ll help define effective test strategies and process improvements to help quality at Coursera scale.

Responsibilities

• Build software and solutions that empower Engineering teams to solve problems and deliver high-quality software
• Research and identify AI augmented agentic solutions and lead large-scale test automation initiatives
• Monitor test environments and provide support when errors and incidents occur
• Contribute to e2e test strategy, analyze requirements, build test plans, and design test cases for new features, integrations (regression, performance, load)
• Lead quality initiatives of one or more teams to ensure higher bar of quality
• Actively seek out areas for improvement in our tech stack and find creative ways to break our product and systems
• Use quality metrics and performance metrics to drive change and improve quality

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of testing experience, ideally testing web applications
• 7+ years working directly with product teams in an agile environment
• 6+ years of experience in UI and API automation
• 1+ years of experience in developing AI augmented agentic testing frameworks, evals for AI driven applications
• 6+ years of experience working with CI/CD build pipeline with a focus on test automation (Github actions, Circleci, Kubernetes) Experience with development and maintenance of test automation tools using popular open source technologies(Puppeteer, Cypress, Playwright, Selenium), MCP servers,

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous startup experience and testing in an Agile development life cycle is a plus
• Experience with API testing frameworks (Postman, REST-assured, Pact)
• Programming or scripting language proficiency (JavaScript, Java, Python)
• Experience with Cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Compensation

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.

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