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Backend Engineer

Istanbul, Turkey

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, and Melbourne. This role will be based in Türkiye.

This hybrid position requires two days per week in the office at the nearest hub - Ankara or Istanbul. Learn more about us on our company page.

About you 

You are a motivated, meticulous Engineer with a team-oriented approach and exceptional problem-solving skills. You are organized and proactive and take the initiative to prioritize your own work and projects effectively.

You thrive in a collaborative environment and are eager to work with and learn alongside the best in Product, Design, and Engineering.

About this role

Udemy is searching for a Backend Engineer who embodies our values of authenticity, continuous learning, experimentation, being results-oriented, and being individually humble, yet collectively proud. We expect you to be an experienced practitioner of Python and Django. We expect you to be a continuous advocate and agent of DevOps principals - CI/CD pipelines, automation and infrastructure as code. 

We expect proficiency in analytical problem solving, cross-functional communication, and systems thinking. Our ideal candidate will be comfortable designing and leading complex problems, including navigating projects with ambiguous parameters across teams.

As an organization, we are ‘always learning’. This manifests in our habitual learning approach, constructive debates, and leveraging our platforms for learning. Your dedication to continual growth, openness to robust discussions, and leveraging our solutions for learning will be pivotal.

What you'll be doing: 

Your primary role will be supporting the Udemy Python Services and the associated ecosystems. Udemy has Python applications using the Django framework with React frontends. 

In this role you will work with our developers to improve the Developer Experience, speed up testing and CI/CD flows as well as participate in code reviews, and work closely with many dev teams as they interact with the large and complex python code base. You’ll also be responsible for fixing critical bugs, applying essential security patches and upgrades. You will collaborate closely with sister teams in Platform Services, Production Engineering and Data Stores Infrastructure.

What you’ll have:

  • 3+ Years of Experience as a backend developer 

  • 3+ Years of Experience with Python on a large scale

  • 3+ Years of Experience with Django Framework

  • Experience with relational databases/SQL

  • Proven track record of designing and implementing scalable backend architectures

  • Hands-on experience with cloud services

  • Ability to design and optimise unit/integration tests

  • Practitioner in DataDog or similar monitoring tools 

  • CI/CD Tooling (Github Actions preferred, Jenkins or TeamCity acceptable)

  • Ability to communicate effectively, work with peers, and come up with creative solutions

Preferred Experience

  • Celery

  • Redis

  • Memcached

  • Docker/Kubernetes

  • Application performance management (we use DataDog APM)

  • Node.js 

 

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