Senior Software Engineer

About Us

At Udemy, we’re on a mission to improve lives through the power of learning. We’re a leading global learning company and one of the world’s largest education platforms, with more than 67 million learners. Our goal is to provide flexible, effective skill development to empower organizations and individuals. 

Talented people are everywhere, and the right opportunity can be hard to come by. That’s why we’re focused on revolutionizing learning, using our skills and expertise to help others develop theirs and reach their full potential. Individually, we bring our unique perspective to reimagine the way we share knowledge. Together, we can improve lives by making learning more accessible for our learners, our instructors, and businesses around the world.

Hybrid work

Udemy is headquartered in San Francisco with global offices in Australia, India, Ireland, Türkiye, and other US locations. Our robust hybrid work model spans San Francisco, Denver, Ankara, Dublin, Mexico City and Melbourne. This hybrid position requires two days per week in the office at the nearest hub. 

About you

You have been a developer of front end customer facing applications related to Media Delivery, API Platforms and/or Video Players. You have a passion for streaming media technologies and want to build the next generation of experiences for learners! You will be a part of the team developing our scalable platform for the delivery of video and other media assets such as images, files and captions. We are looking for expertise in designing simple systems and extendible, easy-to-use APIs; knowledge of video players, standards, and formats; as well as an understanding of browser- and device-specific specifications, in particular related to media delivery. 

About this role 

• Developing, testing, documenting, and releasing features that support Udemy's web and mobile application

• As part of Udemy's media platform, defining and developing robust and secure media APIs, as a proper architectural layer between our media services and systems and Udemy's application layer, that enables media to be easily integrated or adapted into any part of our applications. 

What you'll be doing 

• Developing, testing, documenting, and releasing features that support Udemy's web and mobile application

• As part of Udemy's media platform, you will define and develop robust and secure media APIs, as a proper architectural layer between our media services and systems and Udemy's application layer, that enables media to be easily integrated or adapted into any part of our applications. 

• Integrating and supporting Video Player SDKs across various platforms. 

• Working on Media Workflows to support packaging and encoding of User Generated Content

What you’ll have

• Experience working with Video Players on browsers and mobile devices

• Strong Knowledge of Video streaming technologies and protocols, like HLS and MPEG-DASH

• Experience leading large scale, cross functional projects and teams in a matrixed organization

• Hands on Experience with multiple code stacks - web, mobile, infrastructure

• Experience with FFmpeg, GStreamer, Bento4, Shaka or other video packaging and transcoding software technologies.

About your Skills 

• Consulting: You see beyond presenting the problem and identify the fundamental ‘why’. You are a strong systems thinker and co-design potential solutions with the leader and peers.

• Influencing: You develop relationships effectively up, down, and across the organization and are able to strategically use these relationships to help move your work forward. You scope  a solution that will  “get to yes” and also are capable of pushing back on disagreement if they will not provide the outcome needed for the team or the business. 

• Decision Making: You use critical thinking to follow a defined decision making process and consider multiple perspectives. Upon making a decision, you are clear in your communication and ensure everyone is aligned in execution.

• Coaching: You have strong coaching skills that allow you to actively listen and ask the kind of questions that will help you diagnose and effectively address issues.