Staff Software Developer - Fullstack

Job Overview:

We’re looking for a Staff Software Developer Fullstack to help build the tools instructors and partners use to create review and improve courses on Coursera. You’ll work across the frontend and backend to design workflows that support content creation and maintenance often incorporating AI‑assisted suggestions and quality signals. The role sits in our Learning Content Experience organization and partners closely with product design data and other engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• Design build and maintain full‑stack features for educator and internal tools used to create review and update learning content.

• Develop and evolve backend services and APIs that support multi‑step workflows versioning and content review logic.

• Build clear responsive UIs in React/TypeScript that help users understand suggested changes preview updates and complete complex flows.

• Integrate with internal AI and evaluation systems so that model suggestions and quality signals are surfaced in a safe human‑in‑the‑loop way.

• Improve reliability performance and consistency of existing content tools as we modernize legacy patterns.

• Provide technical leadership: mentor other engineers contribute to architectural decisions and collaborate with cross‑functional partners on product direction.

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience building web applications

• Solid experience across both frontend and backend (for example: React/TypeScript on the front end and Java/Scala/Python or similar on the back end)

• Has designed built and owned end‑to‑end features or systems in production

• Comfortable designing and working with APIs data models and service‑to‑service communication

• Familiar with modern engineering practices such as code review testing and CI/CD and working in a cloud environment

Nice to haves:

• Familiarity with AI‑assisted development or integrating ML/LLM‑powered features

• Experience building tools dashboards or workflows used by non‑engineering users (e.g. creators operators or internal teams)

• Experience with more complex multi‑step product flows rather than only simple CRUD apps

• Balances long-term design thinking with quick execution on urgent goals

• Communicates clearly and enjoys working closely with Product Design and other partners on shaping the work

• Has mentored other engineers or played a tech‑lead role on a project

Keep Learning

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

• Generative AI for Software Development

• Meta Front-End Developer Professional Certificate

• Object Oriented Java Programming: Data Structures and Beyond Specialization

• Object Oriented Programming in Java Specialization

• Introduction to Programming with Python and Java Specialization

• Functional Programming in Scala Specialization

• Front-End Web Development with React

• HTML CSS and Javascript for Web Developers

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 $164000-$205000 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.