Software Engineer - Frontend

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.

As an engineer on the platform Integrations team you will be responsible for designing and developing integrations with various Learning Tools Learning Management Systems (LMS) Learning Experience Platforms (LXP) and Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) to drive the adoption of Coursera's learning products. You will have the opportunity to work on complex technical challenges and influence the future roadmap growth and success of Coursera's business. You will work closely with a cross functional team of product design QA solution architects  and peers from the frontend team. You must be comfortable working in a fast-moving team environment (we deploy many times a day!)

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement scalable & robust frontend applications

• Measure your work thoroughly analyze results and generate hypotheses to drive new product changes through A/B testing

• Write and review technical documentation for the components owned by your team

• 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 and contribute to teams' success improving processes

Basic Qualifications:

• 2-5 years of experience working in a relevant frontend software engineering role

• Proficiency in the core technologies of the web: Javascript HTML and CSS experience in at least one modern UI framework (e.g. ReactJS AngularJS  etc) and experience in building large-scale web applications

• Proficiency in implementing responsive web designs writing unit integration and e2e tests

• Fervent belief in engineering quality and building technical leverage for others

• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Candidates with prior experience in start-up environments are preferred specifically those who have been part of a bootstrapping team small start-up team or expansion team.

• 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.

• Proven track record of delivering results in a resource-constrained environment with limited guidance and supervision.

If this opportunity interests you you might like this course on Coursera:

• Google Cloud Engineering Professional Certificate

• Front-End Web Development with React

• HTML CSS and Javascript for Web Developers

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