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 148 million registered learners as of March 31, 2024.

Coursera partners with over 325 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, Guided Projects, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Institutions around the world use Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, citizens, and students in fields such as data science, technology, and business. Coursera became a B Corp in February 2021.

Join us in our mission to create a world where anyone, anywhere can transform their life through access to education. We're seeking talented individuals who share our passion and drive to revolutionize the way the world learns.

We at Coursera are committed to building a globally diverse team and are thrilled to extend employment opportunities to individuals in any country where we have a legal entity. We require candidates to possess eligible working rights and have a compatible timezone overlap with their team to facilitate seamless collaboration. As a remote-first company, our interviews and onboarding are entirely virtual, providing a smooth and efficient experience for our candidates.

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Are you passionate about transforming education and empowering learners worldwide? Coursera, the world's largest online learning platform, is on a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. With over 118 million registered learners and partnerships with 300+ top universities and industry leaders, including Google, IBM, and IIT Guwahati, and BITS Pilani Coursera offers a diverse range of content and credentials, from courses and Specializations to Professional Certificates and bachelor's and master's degrees.

As a B Corp, we're committed to driving positive social and environmental impact while delivering high-quality learning experiences. Our platform is used by institutions worldwide to upskill and reskill employees, citizens, and students across industries, including data science, technology, and business.

Join us in our mission to create a world where anyone, anywhere can transform their life through access to education. We're seeking talented individuals who share our passion and drive to revolutionize the way the world learns.

Coursera can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity, assuming candidates have eligible working rights and a sufficient time zone overlap with their team. Our interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a remote-first company.

Job Overview:

Coursera is bootstrapping a new development center, with a focus on building a platform team in India. This is an unique opportunity to be part of the founding team that would not only own a mission critical charter, but also play a significant role in shaping the culture for the location. We are looking for individuals with an entrepreneurial mindset who are excited by the prospect of building impactful 0 to 1 products. 

Payment platform team’s mission is to build scalable, robust and flexible platforms enabling learners all across the world to pay using local payment methods. This team is responsible for the end to end purchase flow for our enterprise customers looking to buy coursera services via an online payment method. Payments team manages the entire lifecycle of their payment plan on platform including but not limited to the enterprise checkout experience, payment processing and integrations, and reporting + reconciliation. You will have the opportunity to contribute directly to Coursera’s top line growth and help bring high quality affordable education to millions of learners across the globe

Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and maintain payment integration solutions using Java and related technologies.
  • Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
  • Integrate third-party payment gateways, APIs, and SDKs into our software applications, ensuring compatibility and optimal performance.
  • Stay up to date with the latest trends and advancements in payment technologies, and provide insights and recommendations for improving our payment systems.
  • Write and review technical documentation for the components owned by your team, ensuring that the team has a high quality and up to date knowledge base 
  • Develop and deploy your high-quality code (in Java, Scala or similar languages) following industry best practices and track key service level indicators (SLIs)
  • Debug and fix production issues, lead blameless retrospectives, and participate in the on-call rotation to ensure adherence to the service level agreements (SLAs)
  • Collaborate and mentor team members, be a leader within the team, and contribute to teams' success improving processes

Basic Qualifications:

  • 8+ years of experience working in a relevant backend software engineering role
  • Experience in solving complex, cross functional business problems by delivering viable long term technical solutions
  • Proficient in designing distributed systems, implementing APIs and writing automated tests
  • Expertise in designing highly-scalable and performant micro-services and storage layers using common frameworks, languages, and infrastructure (e.g. Java, Play/Scala, MySql, ElasticSearch, Kafka)
  • Expertise in using managed cloud services, streaming technologies and handling large data sets
  • Expertise in conducting rigorous technical research to solve high level business problems
  • Fervent belief in engineering quality and building technical leverage for others
  • Data-driven and strongly motivated by success and learnings through experiments and metrics analysis
  • Track record of mentoring and growing team members and setting strong engineering culture on the team

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Expertise in payment integration, including experience with payment gateways, APIs, and SDKs (e.g., PayPal, Stripe, Braintree)
  • Strong understanding of payment industry standards and regulations (e.g., PCI DSS, PSD2)
  • Familiarity with Google Pay (GPay) and In App Purchases (IAPs) to design and advise native mobile implementations
  • Proven track record of delivering results in a resource-constrained environment with limited guidance and supervision.
  • Proven track record of influencing with or without having a formal authority and effective roadmap advocacy
  • Experience working with technical and non-technical teams to deliver significant business impact 
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, and navigate through ambiguity and uncertainty with confidence.
  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products or services.

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