Coursera is bootstrapping a new development center, with a focus on building a platform team in India. This is a 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.
The
C4C Integrations team s mission
is to accelerate growth and impact for Coursera s enterprise and degree businesses by building seamless integrations with external platforms. This includes ensuring that Coursera s content is easily discoverable and consumable across a wide range of Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Learning Experience Platforms (LXP), while providing a unified and frictionless user experience. For enterprises, this means integrating Coursera with partner LMS/LXP platforms to streamline content discovery and learning experiences. For LMS integrations, the team focuses on
LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability)
standards, which allow our partners to seamlessly use external tools (e.g., grading platforms, coding IDEs) within Coursera and vice versa. By leveraging these integrations, Coursera can extend its learning platform s capabilities without building everything in-house accelerating degree launches and significantly enhancing learner and partner experiences. As an engineer on this team, you will have the opportunity to work on complex technical challenges in distributed systems, API design, and scalable integration infrastructure. You will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders across product, design, QA, solution architects, and engineering peers. You must be comfortable working in a fast-moving environment (we deploy many times a day!) and excited to influence the roadmap of a high-impact team.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop scalable integrations between Coursera and external LMS/LXP platforms, ensuring seamless interoperability and great learner/administrator experiences.
- Implement
LTI-compliant integrations
to allow partners to use external tools (e.g., grading systems, coding IDEs) within Coursera, extending platform functionality without duplicating effort. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Solution Architects, UX Design, QA, Data Engineering, Infrastructure, SRE) to build, test, and deploy integration features.
- Stay updated with
industry standards in LMS/LXP, LTI, and enterprise SaaS integrations
to proactively propose new capabilities that enhance Coursera s ecosystem. - Write and review technical documentation for integration components and APIs.
- Develop and deploy high-quality code (in Java, Scala, or similar languages) following industry best practices and monitor key service-level indicators (SLIs).
- Debug and fix production issues, lead blameless retrospectives, and participate in the on-call rotation to ensure adherence to service-level agreements (SLAs).
- Mentor and collaborate with peers, contributing to technical excellence and a strong engineering culture within the team.
Basic Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in backend software engineering roles.
- Experience designing and delivering complex, cross-functional integrations or enterprise-scale systems.
- Proficient in designing distributed systems, APIs, and writing automated tests.
- Expertise in building highly scalable microservices and storage layers using common frameworks, languages, and infrastructure (e.g., Java, Play/Scala, MySQL, ElasticSearch, Kafka).
- Experience working with managed cloud services and streaming technologies.
- Strong ability to conduct technical research and design long-term solutions to complex business problems.
- Commitment to engineering quality, scalability, and building leverage for other teams.
- Data-driven approach with a strong motivation to measure success and learn through metrics and experiments.
- Proven ability to mentor team members and set a strong engineering culture.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience working with
LTI integrations or enterprise SaaS ecosystem integrations
. - Familiarity with LMS/LXP platforms (e.g., Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, SAP SuccessFactors, Degreed).
- Experience building
secure and compliant integrations
for enterprise customers. - Track record of delivering high-impact results in resource-constrained environments.
- Ability to influence stakeholders and advocate effectively for integration roadmaps with or without formal authority.
- Strong collaboration skills with technical and non-technical teams to deliver business impact.
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and navigate ambiguity with confidence.
