Staff Software Engineer (Front End)

Coursera; United States; Remote; USD 146,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading online learning platform is seeking a Staff Frontend Engineer to innovate learning experiences for millions of users. This role involves building scalable applications, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating in a fast-paced environment. Join us to shape the future of education technology.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in frontend software engineering.
• Proficiency in core web technologies: JavaScript, HTML, CSS.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable frontend applications.
• Collaborate and mentor team members.
• Debug and fix production issues.

Skills

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

A/B testing

Data-driven

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, with 175 million registered learners as of March 31, 2025. Coursera partners with over 350 leading universities and industry leaders to 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.

Join us in our mission to create a world where anyone, anywhere can transform their life through access to education. We're seeking talented individuals who share our passion and drive to revolutionize the way the world learns.

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. As a remote-first company, our interviews and onboarding are entirely virtual, providing a smooth and efficient experience for our candidates.

Job Overview:

Coursera is an engineering-first company. Our teams are responsible for maintaining a scalable and reliable platform, in addition to building interactive products for the worldwide learner community. We are made up of teams ranging from Development Infrastructure, Growth, Learner/Consumer Experience, Content Platform, and SDET Engineering. Every day, Engineering teams collaborate with cross-functional partners, including other engineers, data scientists, and product managers. You must be comfortable working in a fast-moving team environment (we deploy many times a day!)

As a Staff Frontend Engineer on the Hands-on Learning team, you’ll drive innovation in how millions of learners practice, validate, and prove their job-ready skills through diverse, hands-on experiences. Our platform powers a number of innovative and interactive learning experiences, allowing practice using real-world tools which enables learners to earn credentials that matter in today’s job market.You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Build the next-gen learning experiences, many of which are powered by Generative AI
• Enhance Coursera Labs - the technology powering many of our programming assignments - a one-click solution that’s lets learners dive into practice with no complicated setup
• Build features that impact millions of learners globally

Join us in shaping the future of learning, where technology meets education to create meaningful learning experiences at global scale.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and implement scalable & robust frontend applications that impact millions of learners
• Measure your work thoroughly, analyze results, and generate hypotheses to drive new product changes through A/B testing
• Write and review technical documentation for the components owned by your team
• Develop and deploy your high-quality code (in Java, Scale or similar languages) following industry best practices and track key service level indicators (SLIs)
• Debug and fix production issues, lead blameless retrospectives, and participate in the on-call rotation to ensure adherence to the service level agreements (SLAs)
• Collaborate and mentor team members, and contribute to teams' success improving processes
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering their growth and development, and building a world-class team passionate about next-gen learning experiences

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years of professional experience working in a relevant frontend software engineering role
• Proficiency in the core technologies of the web: Javascript, HTML, and CSS, with at least 3+ years of experience with and experience in building large-scale web applications
• Proficiency in implementing responsive web designs, writing unit, integration and e2e tests
• Fervent belief in engineering quality and building technical leverage for others
• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Candidates with prior experience in start-up environments are preferred, specifically those who have been part of a bootstrapping team, small start-up team, or expansion team.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, and navigate through ambiguity and uncertainty with confidence.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products or services.
• Proven track record of delivering results in a resource-constrained environment with limited guidance and supervision.

If this opportunity interests you, you might like this course on Coursera:

• Google Cloud Engineering Professional Certificate
• Front-End Web Development with React
• HTML, CSS, and Javascript for Web Developers

Compensation:

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The starting base pay for this role is between $146,00 and $205,640. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role is also be eligible for bonus, equity, and benefits.

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