Software Engineer

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Udemy is an AI-powered skills acceleration platform built to help people and teams grow. It’s personalized, practical, and focused on real-world impact.

Our mission is simple: to transform lives through learning. Your work helps people around the world build skills they can use, whether they’re picking up something new or leveling up to stay ahead.

Over 80 million learners and 17,000 businesses already learn with Udemy. If you’re excited by change, energized by learning, and ready to have a real impact, you’ll feel right at home. 

Learn more about us on our company page.

Job posting date: 29/12/25

Application deadline: 12/01/26

 

About You

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

Fostering a workplace culture of 'individual humility and collective pride’, we look for team players. We value every voice and encourage mutual recognition of accomplishments. Your role involves the continuous celebration of both small and large milestones along with our global team.

About Your Skills

• Continuous Learning – A strong desire to keep learning and growing, especially in technical competencies and organizational knowledge.
• Analytical Problem Solving – The ability to break down moderately complex problems and find effective solutions using cross-functional communication and systems thinking.
• Proactiveness and Initiative – Taking ownership of projects, prioritizing work independently, and leading moderately complex projects to completion.
• Team-Oriented Mindset – Valuing collaboration, mutual recognition of accomplishments, and fostering a culture of humility and collective pride.
• Adaptability in Technology – Comfort in using various technologies while maintaining services and optimizing code and processes.

About the Role

Engineers in the Instructor Monetization & Payouts team build and operate the core systems that enable millions of instructors worldwide to earn on Udemy. Our platform powers instructor-facing monetization features—ranging from course pricing, subscription revenue distribution, and promotional tools to scalable reporting and analytics. We manage the full lifecycle of the payout process end-to-end: computing earnings across complex business rules, ensuring global tax and compliance requirements are met, and delivering reliable monthly payouts across dozens of payment partners and geographies. The team designs systems that are resilient, transparent, and auditable at scale, handling millions of financial records every month. As a mission-critical foundation of Udemy’s creator economy, we ensure instructors can trust that every enrollment, subscription minute, and promotional action is accurately captured, correctly monetized, and paid out on time—every time.

What you'll be doing

• You will be working in a highly collaborative, cross-functional environment, which requires collaboration with product managers, designers and engineers to identify opportunities and implement solutions.

• You will be actively involved in every part of the software development cycle, such as designing, coding, reviewing, and test writing.

• You will relentlessly refactor existing systems to make them more robust, maintainable, and scalable.

• You will be using best software development practices and processes, and willing to spread this knowledge/experience to the team.

• You’ll be contributing to a team culture that values openness, quality, robustness, and scalability while fostering innovation.
   

What you’ll have

• Have BS/MS in CS or equivalent discipline.

• Have 2+ years of professional software development experience.

• Are team-oriented, friendly, reliable, humble, receptive to feedback, and gain satisfaction from teamwork.

• Are a great learner, and always seek for improvement points.

• Have a deep sense of quality, and sharp engineering skills with strong CS fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and software design abilities including object-oriented design patterns.

• Are self-driven, own your services by all dimensions and intrinsically have a desire to get things done

• Have experience in developing web applications.
   

Nice to have

• Experience with at least one modern language such as Python, Kotlin, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Basic understanding of large-scale software design: caching, resiliency, data stores, service-oriented architecture, object-oriented design, and distributed systems.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Frontend experience building UI features with React (or a similar modern framework) and integrating with backend APIs.
• Familiarity with testing practices.

We understand that not everyone will match each of the above qualifications. However, we also realize that everyone has unique experiences that can add value to our company. Even if you think your background might not perfectly align, we'd love to hear from you!

 

Why work here?

You’ll grow here.
Learning is part of the job. You’ll get full access to Udemy courses, a monthly UDay to invest in yourself, and a budget to spend on whatever helps you improve. Many people are diving into AI lately, but what you focus on is up to you.

AI is real here.
We use it in the way we learn and the way we work. You’ll have the space and tools to experiment, apply, and get better at using AI in practical ways.

You’ll own your work.
We trust people to lead, make decisions, and follow through. You don’t need to wait for permission or layers of approval to have an impact.

You’ll build with others.
We collaborate openly and shape ideas together. Everyone has a voice, and good thinking is welcomed from any direction.

You’ll see your impact.
What you build helps people grow their skills, change their careers, or find a path forward. You’ve got the experience, why not use it to help others gain theirs?

Bring your curiosity. We’ll bring the platform and the support. Let’s LEARN together. 

Our Benefits Start with U

Our benefits start with you and were built to provide you and your family with the protection and care you need, making it easy to access the right coverage when you need it most. Benefits vary by region, and we encourage applicants to review our Australia Benefits, India Benefits, Ireland Benefits, Mexico Benefits, Turkiye Benefits & US Benefits, pages to get an understanding of some of the benefits we offer. For details on region-specific benefits, please refer to the information provided during the hiring process. 

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