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.
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Job Overview:
Coursera is bootstrapping a new development center 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 team, you would be making revolutionary learner focussed degrees from world class universities accessible to millions of learners all over the world. Coursera’s mission is to become the world’s #1 destination for working adults to discover and enroll in affordable, job-aligned degrees. Specifically on the degrees integration team, you will build data integrations with various university systems and surface actionable insights via internal and end-user facing dashboards & notifications. The goal of this team would be to own and improve the time to launch new degrees on Coursera. You will work closely with a cross functional team of product, design, QA and peers from data engineering, infrastructure and SRE. You must be comfortable working in a fast-moving team environment (we deploy many times a day!)
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