Software Engineer
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Job Location:
Austin, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 109000 - 136000
Posted on:
13 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Join Udemy. Help define the future of learning.
Udemy is an AI-powered skills acceleration platform built to help people and teams grow. Its personalized practical and focused on real-world impact.
Our mission is simple: to transform lives through learning. Your work helps people around the world build skills they can use whether theyre picking up something new or leveling up to stay ahead.
Over 80 million learners and 17000 businesses already learn with Udemy. If youre excited by change energized by learning and ready to have a real impact youll feel right at home.
Learn more about us on our company page.
re 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. This 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
Programming Language & Framework Proficiency: Deep knowledge of at least one backend language (like Python Java or C#) and its associated frameworks are essential.
API Design: Knowledge of how to design and build robust APIs particularly GraphQL APIs is critical for backend development.
Problem-Solving: The ability to analyze problems and devise effective solutions.
Communication: Clearly explaining technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Autonomy & Ownership: Taking responsibility for your work and being able to work independently.
About this role
The Core Services team is responsible for some of the key services on Udemys teaching and learning platform. We work primarily with a high-volume low-latency microservices environment built on Kotlin Spring GraphQL Kotlin gRPC and DynamoDB. Working on the team you will build the APIs and microservices for products and features that impact millions of learners.
What youll be doing
Contribute to the process of defining and designing features in a highly collaborative agile environment
Design specify and implement features and services
Participate in code reviews making sure that our code is well designed tested robust secure performant and readable
Document monitor and maintain features post-release
Contribute to a team culture that values openness inclusiveness quality robustness and scalability while fostering innovation
Grow your Software Engineering skills!
What youll have
Minimum three (3) years of experience as a full-stack or backend software engineer
Experience building APIs and backend services called by frontend interfaces
Knowledge of Object Oriented software design patterns and computer science fundamentals (e.g. data structures algorithms).Web application development using modern frameworks
Experience with Testing methods including unit and integration tests
Minimum 2 years of experience with Java Kotlin or other strongly typed language
Excellent communication skills in English
Preferred but not required:
Experience with microservice development and communications using gRPC.
Experience with Spring Boot Microservices
Experience defining and developing APIs with GraphQL
Experience working with Real-time messaging and NoSQL infrastructures: Redis Kafka DynamoDB etc.
Familiarity with container orchestration technologies (Kubernetes Marathon Nomad etc.)
Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools (DataDog etc.)
Posting Date: October 28 2025
Application window: October 28 2025 - November 11 2025
At Udemy we strive to be transparent around compensation. Actual compensation for this role is based on several factors including but not limited to job-related skills qualifications experience and specific work location due to differences in the cost of addition to a base salary this role is also eligible for equity.
Hiring Compensation Range
$109000 - $136000 USD
Why work here
Youll grow here.
Learning is part of the job. Youll get full access to Udemy courses a monthly UDay to invest in yourself and a budget to spend on whatever helps you improve. Many people are diving into AI lately but what you focus on is up to you.
AI is real here.
We use it in the way we learn and the way we work. Youll have the space and tools to experiment apply and get better at using AI in practical ways.
Youll own your work.
We trust people to lead make decisions and follow through. You dont need to wait for permission or layers of approval to have an impact.
Youll build with others.
We collaborate openly and shape ideas together. Everyone has a voice and good thinking is welcomed from any direction.
Youll see your impact.
What you build helps people grow their skills change their careers or find a path forward. Youve got the experience why not use it to help others gain theirs
Bring your curiosity. Well bring the platform and the support. Lets LEARNtogether.
Our Benefits Start with U
Our benefits start with you and were built to provide you and your family with the protection and care you need making it easy to access the right coverage when you need it most. Benefits vary by region and we encourage applicants to review our Australia Benefits India Benefits Ireland Benefits Mexico BenefitsTurkiye Benefits & US Benefitspages to get an understanding of some of the benefits we offer. For details on region-specific benefits please refer to the information provided during the hiring process.
At Udemy we value diversity and inclusion and consider qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin ancestry age genetic information sexual orientation gender identity marital or family status veteran status medical condition or disability. We understand that not everyone will match each of the qualifications. However we also realize that everyone has unique experiences that can add value to our company. Even if you think your background might not perfectly align wed love to hear from you!
Information regarding data privacy is available within the Udemy Careers Privacy Notice.
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- Data Structures
- JavaScript
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Udemy is an online learning and teaching marketplace with over 250,000 courses and 73 million students. Learn programming, marketing, data science and more.
