Senior Software Engineer

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 Türkiye. T his is an in-office position, requiring three days a week in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) and flexibility on Mondays and Fridays .

About your skills

Craftsmanship : You take pride in building performant, accessible, and maintainable frontend experiences. You write clean code, pay attention to detail, and leverage design systems and modern frameworks to deliver high-quality features.

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 thoughtful and user-focused features. You clearly communicate technical trade-offs and foster alignment across engineering, product, and design.

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 frontend 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 our values of authenticity, continuous learning, experimentation, being results-oriented, and being individually humble, yet collectively proud. We expect you to be proficient in ReactJS, Typescript, GraphQL, CSS, MobX (or similar libraries), NextJS (or similar framework), Webpack, NPM, DataDog (or similar tools), accessibility best practices and measuring web performance. Exceptional candidates will have demonstrated experience with Kotlin or Java for services. 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 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 be working on improving the experience of learning for our learners. This includes our course taking experience - our most vital experience for learners! You will do this by ensuring great web experiences that are built on top of our latest frameworks like Next.JS, GraphQL, and Kotlin services.

What you'll be doing

Implementing product features using your proficient skills in ReactJS, Typescript, GraphQL, CSS, MobX (or similar libraries), NextJS (or similar framework), Webpack, NPM, DataDog (or similar tools), accessibility best practices and measuring web performance to meet our team's objectives.

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.

Lead the optimization of code, performance, and processes to help your team achieve their goals.

Leading, coordinating, executing, and delivering moderately complex projects at scale and quality.

Managing complexity within your team while concurrently interacting with teams in adjacent domains.

Exceptional candidates have skills in Kotlin or Java for back-end services.

What you’ll have

Demonstrated that you never stop learning

Technical competence in ReactJS, Typescript, GraphQL, CSS, MobX (or similar libraries), NextJS (or similar framework), Webpack, NPM, DataDog (or similar tools), accessibility best practices and measuring web performance

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 to deliverable milestones.

Exceptional candidates will have demonstrated experience with Kotlin or Java for services.

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