Udemy
Overview
Udemy is an AI-powered skills acceleration platform built to help people and teams grow. It's personalized, practical, and focused on real-world impact. Our mission is to transform lives through learning. Your work helps people around the world build skills they can use, whether they're picking up something new or leveling up to stay ahead. Udemy serves over 80 million learners and 17,000 businesses.
If you're excited by change, energized by learning, and ready to have a real impact, you’ll feel right at home. Learn more about us on our company page.
Where we Work Udemy is a global company headquartered in San Francisco, with additional U.S. offices in Denver and Austin, and international hubs in Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico, and Turkiye. This is an in-office position, requiring three days a week in the Austin office (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) and flexibility on Mondays and Fridays.
About your skills
Craftsmanship: You take pride in building performant, scalable, and maintainable backend services. You write clean code, pay attention to detail, and leverage modern frameworks to deliver high-quality service capabilities.
Ownership: You lead by example, taking initiative and accountability for your work. You independently scope, execute, and drive projects forward, while proactively resolving blockers and raising the bar for your team.
Execution: You break down moderately complex problems into milestones and deliverables. You optimize for impact, focus on scalable solutions, and help your team ship reliably and iteratively.
Collaboration: You work closely with cross-functional peers to deliver service capabilities. You clearly communicate technical trade-offs and foster alignment across engineering, product, and other stakeholders.
Problem Solving: You approach problems with analytical rigor and a systems mindset. You debug effectively, identify root causes, and contribute to solutions that improve both the product and team workflows.
Learning Mindset: You embody Udemy's spirit of continuous learning. You stay up to date on best practices, seek feedback, and help others grow through knowledge-sharing and mentoring.
About this role Udemy is searching for a Senior Software Engineer who embodies ownership, teamwork, relentless focus, and a never-stop-learning attitude. Proficiency in Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis/Elasticache, GraphQL, Datadog, Kubernetes, Terraform is expected. The ideal candidate will be comfortable addressing moderately complex problems, including navigating projects with ambiguous parameters.
As an organization, we continuously learn and encourage constructive debates, leveraging our platforms for organizational learning. Your dedication to continual growth, openness to robust discussions, and leveraging our solutions for learning will be pivotal.
As part of the Learner team, you will scale the services that power our learning experiences and be directly responsible for building service capabilities that help learners identify and build new skills.
What you'll be doing
Implementing product features using Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis/Elasticache, GraphQL, Datadog, Kubernetes, Terraform to meet team objectives.
Building services that adhere to high scalability and quality standards.
Applying analytical problem solving, cross-functional communication, and systems thinking to ensure smooth execution of product features.
Leading the optimization of code, performance, and processes to help the team achieve goals.
Leading, coordinating, executing, and delivering moderately complex projects at scale and quality.
Managing complexity within the team while interacting with adjacent-domain teams.
What you'll have
Demonstrated that you never stop learning.
Technical competence in Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis/Elasticache, GraphQL, Datadog, Kubernetes, Terraform.
Solid understanding of accessibility standards and leveraging design systems.
Working knowledge of analytical problem solving, cross-functional communication, and systems thinking.
Ability to break moderately complex problems and projects into deliverable milestones.
Posting Date:
September 23, 2025
Application Window:
We anticipate the application window will be open until September 30. Based on business needs, this opportunity may remain posted beyond or be closed earlier.
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At Udemy, we strive to be transparent around compensation. Actual compensation for this role is based on several factors, including job-related skills, qualifications, experience, and location. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for equity.
Hiring Compensation Range $130,000 — $162,000 USD
Why work here?
You\'ll grow here.
Learning is part of the job. You\'ll get access to Udemy courses, a monthly UDay to invest in yourself, and a budget to spend on improving skills.
AI is real here.
We use AI in how we learn and work; you\'ll have space and tools to experiment and apply AI practically.
You\'ll own your work.
We trust you to lead, decide, and follow through without waiting for permission.
You\'ll build with others.
We collaborate openly and value diverse input.
You\'ll see your impact.
Your work helps people grow their skills and advance their careers.
Bring your curiosity. We\'ll bring the platform and support. Let\'s learn together.
Benefits Our benefits start with you and are designed to provide protection and care for you and your family. Benefits vary by region. Review regional benefits during the hiring process.
Benefits outlined are general and may vary by location, role, and employment classification. All benefits are subject to change.
Udemy is committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on any protected characteristic. If your background may not perfectly match every qualification, we still encourage you to apply.
Information regarding data privacy is available within the Udemy Careers Privacy Notice.
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Where we Work Udemy is a global company headquartered in San Francisco, with additional U.S. offices in Denver and Austin, and international hubs in Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico, and Turkiye. This is an in-office position, requiring three days a week in the Austin office (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) and flexibility on Mondays and Fridays.
About your skills
Craftsmanship: You take pride in building performant, scalable, and maintainable backend services. You write clean code, pay attention to detail, and leverage modern frameworks to deliver high-quality service capabilities.
Ownership: You lead by example, taking initiative and accountability for your work. You independently scope, execute, and drive projects forward, while proactively resolving blockers and raising the bar for your team.
Execution: You break down moderately complex problems into milestones and deliverables. You optimize for impact, focus on scalable solutions, and help your team ship reliably and iteratively.
Collaboration: You work closely with cross-functional peers to deliver service capabilities. You clearly communicate technical trade-offs and foster alignment across engineering, product, and other stakeholders.
Problem Solving: You approach problems with analytical rigor and a systems mindset. You debug effectively, identify root causes, and contribute to solutions that improve both the product and team workflows.
Learning Mindset: You embody Udemy's spirit of continuous learning. You stay up to date on best practices, seek feedback, and help others grow through knowledge-sharing and mentoring.
About this role Udemy is searching for a Senior Software Engineer who embodies ownership, teamwork, relentless focus, and a never-stop-learning attitude. Proficiency in Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis/Elasticache, GraphQL, Datadog, Kubernetes, Terraform is expected. The ideal candidate will be comfortable addressing moderately complex problems, including navigating projects with ambiguous parameters.
As an organization, we continuously learn and encourage constructive debates, leveraging our platforms for organizational learning. Your dedication to continual growth, openness to robust discussions, and leveraging our solutions for learning will be pivotal.
As part of the Learner team, you will scale the services that power our learning experiences and be directly responsible for building service capabilities that help learners identify and build new skills.
What you'll be doing
Implementing product features using Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis/Elasticache, GraphQL, Datadog, Kubernetes, Terraform to meet team objectives.
Building services that adhere to high scalability and quality standards.
Applying analytical problem solving, cross-functional communication, and systems thinking to ensure smooth execution of product features.
Leading the optimization of code, performance, and processes to help the team achieve goals.
Leading, coordinating, executing, and delivering moderately complex projects at scale and quality.
Managing complexity within the team while interacting with adjacent-domain teams.
What you'll have
Demonstrated that you never stop learning.
Technical competence in Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis/Elasticache, GraphQL, Datadog, Kubernetes, Terraform.
Solid understanding of accessibility standards and leveraging design systems.
Working knowledge of analytical problem solving, cross-functional communication, and systems thinking.
Ability to break moderately complex problems and projects into deliverable milestones.
Posting Date:
September 23, 2025
Application Window:
We anticipate the application window will be open until September 30. Based on business needs, this opportunity may remain posted beyond or be closed earlier.
#LI-KC2
At Udemy, we strive to be transparent around compensation. Actual compensation for this role is based on several factors, including job-related skills, qualifications, experience, and location. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for equity.
Hiring Compensation Range $130,000 — $162,000 USD
Why work here?
You\'ll grow here.
Learning is part of the job. You\'ll get access to Udemy courses, a monthly UDay to invest in yourself, and a budget to spend on improving skills.
AI is real here.
We use AI in how we learn and work; you\'ll have space and tools to experiment and apply AI practically.
You\'ll own your work.
We trust you to lead, decide, and follow through without waiting for permission.
You\'ll build with others.
We collaborate openly and value diverse input.
You\'ll see your impact.
Your work helps people grow their skills and advance their careers.
Bring your curiosity. We\'ll bring the platform and support. Let\'s learn together.
Benefits Our benefits start with you and are designed to provide protection and care for you and your family. Benefits vary by region. Review regional benefits during the hiring process.
Benefits outlined are general and may vary by location, role, and employment classification. All benefits are subject to change.
Udemy is committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on any protected characteristic. If your background may not perfectly match every qualification, we still encourage you to apply.
Information regarding data privacy is available within the Udemy Careers Privacy Notice.
#J-18808-Ljbffr