Software Engineer, Coursera
Online learning platform
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Online learning platform
1001+ employees
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1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide life-transforming learning experiences to learners around the world.
Role
Who you are
- Strong software engineering skills and at least one scripting language (e.g., Python)
- Proficient with relational databases and SQL
- Familiarity and experience with big data technologies (eg: Hive, Spark, Presto) preferred
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and concisely
- Independence and passion for innovation and learning new technologies
Desirable
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Databricks, Delta Lake, Airflow, DBT, Redshift
What the job involves
- Data Engineering is unique at Coursera
- Our team doesn’t simply build reports on demand; rather, we build the semantic infrastructure and products that empower our internal and external customers with the data to innovate and perform their jobs better
- We’re looking for a talented and driven data engineer with a keen eye for data
- In this role, you’ll directly work with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy partner data solutions
- Our ideal candidate is an independent, analytically-minded individual with strong data modeling and software engineering skills, who shares our passion for education
- Architect scalable data models and build efficient and reliable ETL pipelines to bring the data into our core data lake
- Design, build, and launch visualization and self-serve analytics products that empower our internal and external customers with flexible insights
- Build data expertise, and partner with data scientists and product engineers to define and standardize business rules and maintain high-fidelity data
- Define and partner with other engineers in the development of new tools to enable our customers to understand and access data more efficiently
- Work cross-functionally (eg: product managers, engineers, business teams) to support new product and feature launches
Our take
Coursera was founded by Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng in 2012 with a vision of providing life-transforming learning experiences to learners around the world. It partners with universities and other educational institutions to deliver online courses to 40 million students, covering subjects like technology, business, science, and even autonomous cars.
Coursera sees itself as helping people get ready for the next wave of technological advancement. It is preparing individuals, companies, and governments to meet that challenge head-on and turn this disruption into opportunity. To help achieve this, it also has specific product offerings for the corporate market, as well as for governments and nonprofits.
The model of online courses that anyone can attend is very scalable, making Coursera appealing to investors, especially when the online education market is expected to be worth $20bn+ by 2023. Further, it received B Corp certification in February 2021, propelling its efforts to reduce barriers to high quality education.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jul 2020
$130m
SERIES F
Apr 2019
$103m
SERIES E
Total funding: $443.1m
Company benefits
- Coursera covers the cost of tuition so you can earn a free master’s degree and develop new skills. That’s on top of free, lifelong access to courses and certificates on the platform
- We offer medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Plus, free access to counseling and mental health services
- Get up to 16 weeks of fully-paid parental leave when you grow your family and bring a new child into your life
- We host Make-a-thon events twice a year to promote community and innovation. During Make-a-thon, you’ll dedicate time to attend workshops, work on passion projects, and pursue ideas outside of your day-to-day work
- Take paid time off when you need it. We have time off policies that promote flexibility so you can tailor your work schedule when life calls
- Our flexibility extends to where you work. You can choose to work from home, work from one of our offices, or try a combination of the two
- Employees earn company stock, so you can own what we build together and share in our success
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Andrew Ng
(Chairman)CEO of Landing AI (helping companies adopt AI). Also a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford.
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