Software Engineer

Hybrid work

Udemy is headquartered in San Francisco with global offices in Australia, India, Ireland, Türkiye, and other US locations. Our robust hybrid work model spans San Francisco, Denver, Ankara, Dublin, and Melbourne. This hybrid position requires two days per week in the office at the nearest hub. Learn more about us on our company page.

About you 

You are a motivated, meticulous Engineer with a team-oriented approach and exceptional problem-solving skills, who aligns with our core values. You are organized and proactive and take the initiative to prioritize your own work and projects effectively.

Fostering a workplace culture of 'individual humility and collectively proud', we look for team players. We value every voice and encourage mutual recognition of accomplishments. Your role involves the continuous celebration of both small and large milestones along with our global team.

About your skills

• Continuous Learning – A strong desire to keep learning and growing, especially in technical competencies and organizational knowledge.
• Analytical Problem Solving – The ability to break down moderately complex problems and find effective solutions using cross-functional communication and systems thinking.
• Proactiveness and Initiative – Taking ownership of projects, prioritizing work independently, and leading moderately complex projects to completion.
• Team-Oriented Mindset – Valuing collaboration, mutual recognition of accomplishments, and fostering a culture of humility and collective pride.
• Adaptability in Technology – Comfort in using various technologies while maintaining services and optimizing code and processes.

About this role 

Udemy is searching for a Software Engineer who embodies our values of authenticity, continuous learning, experimentation, being results-oriented, and being individually humble, yet collectively proud. We expect you to be comfortable with a combination of Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis/Elasticache, GraphQL, Datadog or closely related technologies. Our ideal candidate will be comfortable addressing moderately complex problems, including navigating projects with ambiguous parameters.

As an organization, we are ‘always learning’. This manifests in our habitual learning approach, constructive debates and plugging into our platforms for organizational learning. Your dedication to continual growth, openness to robust discussions and leveraging our solutions for learning will be pivotal.

What you'll be doing

• Implementing services using your skills in Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis/Elasticache, GraphQL, Kubernetes, Terraform or closely related technologies to meet our team's objectives.
• Deploying, monitoring and maintaining a set of critical services in our infrastructure using Datadog and PagerDuty.
• Building user experiences that adhere to a high level of accessibility standards.
• Applying analytical problem solving, cross-functional communication, and systems thinking to ensure smooth execution of product features.
• Optimizing code and processes to help your team achieve their goals.
• Leading, coordinating, executing, and delivering moderately complex projects at scale.
• Managing complexity within your team while concurrently interacting with teams in adjacent domains.

What you’ll have

• Have a BS/MS in CS or equivalent discipline.
• 2+ years of professional software development experience
• Fluency in English language
• Technical competence in Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis/Elasticache, GraphQL, Datadog, Kubernetes, Terraform or closely related technologies.
• Solid understanding of domain-driven design, event-driven development, monolith decomposition patterns.
• Working knowledge of analytical problem solving, cross-functional communication, and systems thinking.
• Ability to break moderately complex problems and projects to deliverable milestones.

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