Staff Software Engineer, Frontend - Remote

Overview

Coursera is expanding its India Development Center, and this is a unique opportunity to be part of the founding team for our enterprise charter. We're seeking a Staff Frontend Engineer to join the Enterprise Acquisition team, which owns the Tier-1 applications and services powering critical online purchase flows in Coursera's enterprise contract product — including discovery, checkout, payments, taxes, and invoicing.

As a technical leader on this team, you'll bring strong frontend engineering expertise, a product mindset, and a bias for action to build scalable, performant web experiences. You’ll influence system architecture, mentor engineers, and play a key role in shaping the user experience of products that directly drive Coursera’s enterprise revenue.

This is a high-impact role ideal for engineers who thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments and are passionate about building robust, user-facing systems from the ground up.

In Short

• Lead design and implementation of scalable, performant, and accessible frontend applications.
• Drive architectural decisions and long-term technical strategy for key enterprise flows.
• Work cross-functionally with product managers, designers, backend engineers, and solution architects.
• Champion engineering excellence by introducing best practices for frontend quality.
• Write clean, modular code using ReactJS (or similar frameworks).
• Act as a mentor and technical sounding board for engineers.
• Lead technical reviews, RFC discussions, and documentation efforts.
• Use metrics and A/B testing to measure impact and guide decisions.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience in frontend engineering, with at least 3 years in a senior or staff-level role.
• Expert-level proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, and modern web frameworks.
• Proven experience in architecting and scaling large, complex frontend applications.
• Strong fundamentals in accessibility, responsive design, frontend performance, and browser compatibility.
• Deep understanding of frontend build systems, state management, and testing frameworks.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and mentoring engineers.

Benefits

• Flexible workspace choices for employees.
• Completely virtual interviews and onboarding process.
• Opportunity to work with a globally diverse team.