Coursera was launched in 2012 by two Stanford Computer Science professors, 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 82 million registered learners as of March 31, 2021. Coursera partners with over 200 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including Guided Projects, courses, Specializations, certificates, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees. More than 6,000 institutions have used Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, citizens, and students, including in high-demand fields such as data science, technology, and business. Coursera became a B Corp in February 2021.
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.
Your Responsibilities:
- Build delightful, usable, and accessible interfaces for a global user base
- Deliver projects from scoping requirements to actual launch and assume long-term ownership
- Build reusable FE components that would be leveraged by all apps at Coursera
- Work with other developers to advance UI frameworks and make front-end development easier, faster, and better for everyone at Coursera!
- Foster strong working relationships with cross functional partners from design & product
- Apply your knowledge of accessibility to work cross functionally to ensure an accessible experience for millions of users
- Take holistic ownership of your work by understanding how things work, even if they take you outside your area of expertise
- Ensure you follow best software development practices including but not limited to unit testing, code reviews and documentation
- Bring thoughtful perspectives, empathy, creativity, and a positive attitude to take on problems at scale
- Communicate effectively (both written and oral) with colleagues at all levels of the organization
Your Skills:
- Bachelors in computer science or relevant experience
- Proficiency in the core technologies of the web: Javascript, HTML, and CSS, experience in at least one modern UI framework (e.g. AngularJS, ReactJS, etc), and experience in building large-scale web applications
- Proficiency in implementing responsive web designs and writing FE unit and integration 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
Coursera is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected class.
If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please contact us at [email protected].
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Toronto /
Engineering – Engineering /
Full-time Exempt
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