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Software Engineer, Instructor Portfolio

Udemy

Udemy

Software Engineering
Istanbul, İstanbul, Turkey
Posted on Sep 27, 2024

Software Engineer, Instructor Portfolio

Istanbul, Turkey

About us

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.

This hybrid position requires two days per week in the office at the nearest hub.

About you

You’re an analytical problem-solver ready to put your skills toward purposeful work that has a global impact. You want to lead the way in innovation, exploring the latest technologies and finding new solutions. 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

As a Software Engineer in the Instructor Content Management Team at Udemy, you will be responsible for the platforms that manage all aspects of creation & management of the instructor content (i.e. course, curriculum, lecture, practice tests, quizzes, coding exercises, etc.). You will work closely with the product, design and data teams to develop platforms for instructor content creation.

What you'll be doing

  • Designing, developing, testing and releasing features for Udemy’s user-facing products that are crucial for business expansion and growth.
  • 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 by different weights from time to time.
  • 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 a 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, and are a great learner always seeking 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 over at least one programming language (Python, Java, Kotlin).
  • Experience with web application technologies including JavaScript, HTTP, HTML, CSS.
  • Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Docker.
  • Have basic understanding about software design of large-scale, caching, resiliency, databases, service-oriented architecture, object-oriented design and distributed programming.

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:

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Our Benefits Start With U

Our benefits package at Udemy “starts with U” and is grounded in mission-driven benefits that intentionally align with our core values. Here’s a sneak peek at just a few highlighted benefits if you’re a full-time Udemate based in the Türkiye:

  • Core Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, life and income protection coverage

  • Parental Benefits: Financial assistance for fertility (including egg-freezing), adoption, and surrogacy expenses; twelve weeks of paid family bonding for birth, surrogacy, adoption, and foster placement. 16 weeks paid maternity leave for birthing parents as well as a two-week “ease-back” program that enables parents to return part-time at full pay

  • Whole U: Fully paid memberships for meditation/mindfulness, therapy/coaching visits, financial planning, fertility and family building, maternity and newborn care, parenting and pediatrics, menopause care, breastmilk shipping, and caregiving support

  • Learning: Free access to Udemy and Udemy Business plus a yearly stipend to spend on professional development

  • Charitable Giving: Corporate charitable match for eligible nonprofits and charities

  • Holidays: 15 days of approved leave if the length of service is 2 months in the first year; 21 days of annual leave if the length of term is between 1 and 3 years; 26 days of annual leave if the length of term is more than 3 years (i.e. 26 days for every year after the end of 4 years of service)

Information regarding data privacy is available within the Udemy Careers Privacy Notice.

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What makes a great teammate at Udemy?
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Career advice to your younger self?
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