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Coursera is hiring a Staff Software Developer, Backend, Payments. This role involves designing and scaling Coursera's Payments platform by developing scalable backend systems, APIs, and data models, while collaborating cross-functionally to enhance the payment experience for millions of learners and driving the company's growth through product innovation.

Highlights

Responsible for designing and implementing scalable payment systems and infrastructure.
Develop and monitor APIs and services to ensure real-time health and performance.
Collaborate with product, design, engineering, and services teams for end-to-end payment feature implementation.
Use modern Java (16+), MySQL, DynamoDB, gRPC, GraphQL (DGS), Kafka in a microservices architecture.
7+ years of experience in software engineering with expertise in scalable microservices and storage layers (Java, MySQL, Cassandra, Solr, Kafka).
Experience with payment gateways, APIs, and SDKs such as Stripe, Braintree, or Razorpay preferred.
Familiarity with mobile payment platforms like Google Play Billing and Apple In-App Purchases is a plus.
Knowledge of payment industry standards and regulations (PCI DSS, PSD2, 3DS 2.0) desired.
Target base salary range for Canada candidates: CAD 158,400 - 198,000, with eligibility for variable pay, equity, and benefits.
Works within Coursera's mission to transform lives through accessible learning globally.

Staff Software Developer, Backend, Payments Full Description

About Coursera

Coursera was founded in 2012 by Stanford professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller to make world-class learning accessible to everyone, everywhere. Today, over 190 million learners and 375+ university and industry partners use our platform to gain skills in fields like AI, data science, technology, and business. As a Delaware public benefit corporation and Certified B Corp, we’re driven by the belief that learning can transform lives through learning.

Why Join Us

At Coursera, we’re looking for inventors, innovators, and lifelong learners ready to shape the future of education. You’ll help build global programs and tools that power online learning for millions turning bold ideas into real impact. People who thrive here are customer-first builders who move fast, simplify ruthlessly, and iterate relentlessly on the metrics that matter.

We’re a globally distributed team and let you choose the best way you work, whether it's from home, a Coursera hub, or a co-working space near you. Our virtual hiring and onboarding make it easy to join us and start making an impact from anywhere. If you’re ready to make a global impact, scale unique products exclusive to Coursera, and expand your career horizons, apply below.

Job Overview:

As a Backend Software Developer on the Payments team, you'll have a real opportunity to innovate, productize, and iterate at startup speed. You will take significant technical ownership for Coursera's Payments platform, building and scaling a checkout & payment experience for consumers. This role will involve both at-scale product innovation and new initiatives in the zero-to-one phase, directly contributing to Coursera's top-line growth and helping bring high-quality, affordable education to millions of learners across the globe. You'll contribute to service architecture, product API development, and data modeling. Our backend developers mostly work with modern Java (16+), MySQL, DynamoDB, gRPC, GraphQL (DGS), and Kafka within a microservices.

Responsibilities:

Design and implement scalable systems and infrastructure for the payments platform
Measure your work thoroughly, analyze results, and generate hypotheses to drive new product changes through A/B testing for payment solutions
Set up monitoring and testing of your APIs and services to better understand the real-time health of your payment products
Collaborate with cross-functional product, design, engineering, and services teams to ensure a thorough and thoughtful end-to-end implementation journey for payment features
Contribute to the conceptualization of new payment solutions with a problem-first, data-driven, and test & iterate approach, ensuring a platform and long-term view

Basic Qualifications:

7+ years of experience working in a relevant software engineering role
Expertise in designing highly-scalable and performant micro-services and storage layers using common frameworks, languages, and infrastructure (e.g., Java, MySQL, Cassandra, Solr, Kafka)
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
Experience in building and launching successful products, particularly with an understanding of defining and managing APIs and system and data architecture
Strong commitment to Coursera's mission of transforming lives through learning

Preferred Qualifications:

You have expertise in managing checkout & payments, including experience with payment gateways, APIs, and SDKs (e.g., Stripe, Braintree, Razorpay)
You are familiar with mobile payments through Google Play Billing and Apple In-App Purchases
You understand payment industry standards and regulations (e.g., PCI DSS, PSD2, 3DS 2.0)

If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:

Compensation:

Coursera offers competitive pay and equitable compensation practices. Our job titles may span more than one career level. The targeted hiring base salary range for this role is between CAD 158,400 - 198,000 for all Canada candidates. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, including but not limited to prior work experiences, training/education, transferable skills, business needs, and geographical location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for variable pay, equity, and benefits.

Coursera is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a welcoming and inclusive workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request at accommodations@coursera.org. Learn more in our CCPA Applicant Notice and GDPR Recruitment Notice.

Original Job Description

About Coursera

Why Join Us

Job Overview:

Responsibilities:

Design and implement scalable systems and infrastructure for the payments platform
Measure your work thoroughly, analyze results, and generate hypotheses to drive new product changes through A/B testing for payment solutions
Set up monitoring and testing of your APIs and services to better understand the real-time health of your payment products
Collaborate with cross-functional product, design, engineering, and services teams to ensure a thorough and thoughtful end-to-end implementation journey for payment features
Contribute to the conceptualization of new payment solutions with a problem-first, data-driven, and test & iterate approach, ensuring a platform and long-term view

Basic Qualifications:

7+ years of experience working in a relevant software engineering role
Expertise in designing highly-scalable and performant micro-services and storage layers using common frameworks, languages, and infrastructure (e.g., Java, MySQL, Cassandra, Solr, Kafka)
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
Experience in building and launching successful products, particularly with an understanding of defining and managing APIs and system and data architecture
Strong commitment to Coursera's mission of transforming lives through learning

Preferred Qualifications:

You have expertise in managing checkout & payments, including experience with payment gateways, APIs, and SDKs (e.g., Stripe, Braintree, Razorpay)
You are familiar with mobile payments through Google Play Billing and Apple In-App Purchases
You understand payment industry standards and regulations (e.g., PCI DSS, PSD2, 3DS 2.0)

If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:

Compensation:

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