Senior Software Test Engineer

Coursera Sourcing; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 138,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Coursera seeks a Senior Software Test Engineer (Test Infrastructure and Tooling) to help engineering teams deliver high-quality software for millions of learners. You’ll identify coverage gaps, improve infrastructure, and define test strategies with SRE and CI/CD teams.

The role emphasizes AI-driven testing, scalable automation, and collaboration with product and engineering leads to raise quality bar globally. Strong automation experience and cloud exposure are valued.

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,

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 occurli>
• 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

Skills

Testing experience

Agile collaboration

UI & API automation

AI augmented testing

CI/CD testing pipelines

Test automation tooling

Tools

Puppeteer

Cypress

Playwright

Selenium

GitHub Actions

CircleCI

Kubernetes

Job description

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 ourblog .

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 organisations 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 occurli>
• 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)
• Experience with Cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

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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.

To protect against recruitment fraud, Coursera + Udemy recruiters only communicate via official coursera.org/udemy.com email addresses and never through personal accounts. We do not accept resumes via email or social media; please submit all applications directly through our careers page.

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