About Us
Udacity is on a mission of forging futures in tech through radical talent transformation in digital technologies. We offer a unique and immersive online learning platform, powering corporate technical training in fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Autonomous Systems, Cloud Computing and more. Our rapidly growing global organization is revolutionizing how the enterprise market bridges the talent shortage and skills gaps during their digital transformation journey.
The Platform Infrastructure team owns and operates core services that power the Udacity site. The Sign Up / Sign In and User Experiments services and internal API and Kafka usage are among the important services this team owns. Udacity is built on a microservices pattern, so reliable service-service APIs are important for application stability and developer productivity. Udacity follows the DevOps school of thought: always be automating, developers are on-call for their systems, and iterative improvement.
Most of our backend services are written in Go and most of our frontend applications are written in TypeScript using the React framework, but we are a multilingual shop and expect developers to be familiar with other languages and computing environments.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build and maintain new and existing infrastructure services which form the core building blocks for product engineers to use.
- Collaborate with product engineers across the company to identify and build new solutions to common problems.
- Own multiple projects and prioritize effectively to build new features and scale up existing ones.
- Encourage adoption of the team’s solutions throughout the engineering organization via collaboration, tech talks, promotion of best practices and continuous improvement through customer (engineer) feedback.
- Participate in on-call rotations for production incidents.
What We Value:
- Programming fundamentals demonstrable in Go, Ruby, Python or any comparable language.
- Familiarity with databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB or others.
- Experience supporting a production service that others depend on.
- A relentless focus on building the best possible experience for our users and a data driven attitude to achieving it.
- Passion for working as part of a team - you love connecting and collaborating with others.Honest, transparent communication and openness to fresh perspectives.
- Relishes being the go-to engineer for systems on which other products run.
- Enjoys finding simple, actionable improvements to larger systems.
- Continuously learning new tools and techniques.
Udacity will hire a qualified candidate for this remote based position anywhere in the US with the exception of the following states: Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
Location: While this is a remote role, applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States of America on a full-time basis
Compensation: The maximum base pay for this position is $145000 , depending on experience and location.
Benefits:
Experience a rewarding work environment with Udacity's perks and benefits!
- At Udacity, we offer you the flexibility of working from home. We also have in-person collaboration spaces in Mountain View, Cairo, Dubai and Noida and continue to build opportunities for team members to connect in person
- Flexible working hours
- Paid time off
- Comprehensive medical insurance coverage for you and your dependents
- Employee wellness resources and initiatives (access to wellness platforms like Headspace)
- Quarterly wellness day off
- Personalized career development
- Unlimited access to Udacity Nanodegrees
What We Do
Forging futures in tech is our vision. Udacity is where lifelong learners come to learn the skills they need, to land the jobs they want, and to build the lives they deserve.
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We believe that historically, many processes disproportionately hurt the most marginalized communities in society- including people of color, working-class backgrounds, women and LGBTQ people. Centering these communities at our core is pivotal for any successful organization and a value we uphold steadfastly. Therefore, Udacity strongly encourages applications from all communities and backgrounds.
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Udacity is committed to creating economic empowerment and a more diverse and equitable world. We believe that the unique contributions of all Udacians is the driver of our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone’s perspectives and experience we never discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition (including genetic information), age, veteran status or military status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws.
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Udacity's Values
Obsess over Outcomes - Take the Lead - Embrace Curiosity - Celebrate the Assist