At Udemy, we’re on a mission to transform lives through learning. Through our intelligent skills platform and a global community of instructors, we’ve helped over 70 million learners and 16,000 organizations achieve their goals. Come join us in ensuring everyone, everywhere has access to the skills they need to unlock their potential and create possibilities for themselves and others.
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 hybrid position requires two days per week in the office at the nearest hub. Learn more about us on our company page.
About your skills
- Effective Communication & Teamwork: You collaborate well in cross-functional teams, clearly communicating ideas and working closely with product managers, marketing, and data teams to build effective solutions.
- Problem-Solving & Critical Thinking: You approach technical challenges with a structured mindset, breaking down moderately complex problems and applying logical, scalable solutions to improve messaging systems.
- Ownership & Adaptability: You take initiative in your work, manage tasks efficiently, and adapt to new tools, frameworks, and evolving technical challenges to deliver high-quality results.
- Continuous Learning & Growth: You are eager to learn new technologies, improve technical skills, and expand domain knowledge, continuously refining your approach to software development.
About this role
As a Software Engineer in the Marketing Integration and Engagement Team at Udemy, you will develop and enhance messaging infrastructure that powers customer engagement across multiple channels (Email, Mobile Push, SMS, Web Push, etc.). This role provides hands-on experience with Customer Data Platforms (CDP), Campaign Management Platforms (CMP), and large-scale messaging integrations. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to personalize and optimize communication experiences for millions of Udemy users, including learners, instructors, and businesses.
What you’ll be doing
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Developing and optimizing messaging platforms using Kotlin, Spring Boot, Python, Django, and React.
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Building and maintaining scalable and reliable services for real-time and batch messaging operations.
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Working with Kafka, Redis, MySQL, and Spark to ensure high-performance data processing.
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Participating in sprint planning, code reviews, and continuous deployment.
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Collaborating with product, design, and data teams to improve communication personalization.
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Contributing to a culture of engineering excellence, emphasizing quality, scalability, and innovation.
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Researching and evaluating new technologies to improve processes and system performance.
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Sharing best practices within the team.
What you’ll have
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2+ years of professional software development experience.
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Fluency in English language
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Strong knowledge of object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms.
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Technical competence in Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot, React/Vue.js, Kafka, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis/Elasticache, GraphQL, Datadog, Kubernetes, Terraform, or closely related technologies.
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Understanding of microservices, and distributed systems.
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Working knowledge of analytical problem-solving, cross-functional communication, and systems thinking.
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Knowledge of unit and integration testing best practices.
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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!
Life at Udemy
We aspire to be as vibrant and dynamic as the communities we serve, as inquisitive as those who use our platform, and as revolutionary as the future we strive to open for everyone. Here are some of the things we love about life at Udemy:
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We’re invested in creating an inclusive environment that welcomes a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences. From creating employee resource groups, ensuring we’re a Fair Pay Workplace, and building a flexible work culture, our belonging, equity, diversity, and inclusion (BEDI) initiatives always put our people first. We want you to be able to bring your authentic self to work because when we all do, we’re better for it.
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Learning is what we do – inside and out. Our Learning & Development team is second to none, helping ensure your journey is one of continuous progression. You’ll also have unlimited access to Udemy courses, monthly UDays (meeting-free professional development days), and a generous annual professional development stipend.
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Our reason to exist is to revolutionize learning – that calls for taking risks and learning from failures. Whether it’s our hackathons (a company-wide effort to envision new possibilities for our product) or sharing our prototypes, we see experimentation as a crucial step on the path to success.
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We’re committed to creating world-class employee experiences and are proud of the recognition of this by Great Place to Work.
Of course, the best thing about being part of Udemy is knowing your work makes a difference for people and organizations around the world. You’ve got the skills; why not use them to help others develop theirs?
At Udemy, we value diversity and inclusion and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition, or disability.
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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 US Benefits and Ireland 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.
Benefits outlined are provided as a general overview and may vary depending on the location, role, and employment classification. All benefits are subject to change at the discretion of the organization and in accordance with applicable laws and policies.
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At Udemy, we’re on a mission to transform lives through learning. Through our intelligent skills platform and a global community of instructors, we’ve helped 77 million learners and 17,000 organizations achieve their goals. Come join us in ensuring everyone, everywhere has access to the skills they need to unlock their potential and create possibilities for themselves and others.
Why Work With Us
As a learning company, we have a rich culture of curiosity. We offer employees free access to every course on the platform, as well as a $1,500 yearly stipend that can be used for educational opportunities, conferences, books, and more. We also host guest speakers and have a comprehensive and internal training curriculum. Become a lifelong learner!
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