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# Senior Software Test Engineer at Coursera Sourcing

- **Company:** Coursera Sourcing
- **Location:** Toronto, Canada
- **Posted:** 2026-08-31
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6167741004

## Job description

## About Coursera + Udemy

Coursera and Udemy are now one company, bringing together two mission-driven brands to create the world’s most powerful platform for turning learning into progress. Together, we help more than 300 million learners and 12,000+ enterprise customers build the skills they need for a world being reshaped by AI. Read more about the combined company by visiting our [blog](https://blog.coursera.org/coursera-and-udemy-are-now-one-company-creating-the-worlds-most-comprehensive-skills-platform/).

Why join us now?

AI is transforming how people learn, work, and grow, and the need for new skills has never been greater. Coursera brings trusted content and credentials from leading university and industry partners, while Udemy brings a dynamic skills marketplace and global network of real-world experts. By combining these strengths, we can connect more people and organizations to the skills they need, when they need them.

Shape what comes next

By joining our team, you’ll have the opportunity to reshape how the world learns and applies skills—and help millions of people participate in the new economy. Bring your ideas, expertise, and perspective to meaningful work that can make a difference at global scale.

Job Overview:

As a Senior Software Test Engineer (Test Infrastructure and Tooling) at Coursera, you’ll play a key role in helping teams produce high-quality software for millions of learners across the world. Actively seeking out opportunities for test coverage, infrastructure,  and framework improvements, you’ll be an enabling force; allowing developers to deliver value to our customers quickly and safely.

You’ll work closely with Infrastructure, and SRE teams to optimize build and test pipelines for speed, coverage, and reliability. Collaborating with Engineering leaders and fellow Test Engineers, you’ll help define effective test strategies and process improvements to help quality at Coursera scale.

Responsibilities:

- Build software and solutions that empower Engineering teams to solve problems and deliver high-quality software
- Research and identify AI augmented agentic solutions and lead large-scale test automation initiatives
- Monitor test environments and provide support when errors and incidents occur
- Contribute to e2e test strategy, analyze requirements, build test plans, and design test cases for new features, integrations (regression, performance, load)
- Lead quality initiatives of one or more teams to ensure higher bar of quality
- Actively seek out areas for improvement in our tech stack and find creative ways to break our product and systems
- Use quality metrics and performance metrics to drive change and improve quality

Basic Qualifications:

- 7+ years of testing experience, ideally testing web applications
- 7+ years working directly with product teams in an agile environment
- 6+ years of experience in UI and API automation
- 1+ years of experience in developing AI augmented agentic testing frameworks, evals for AI driven applications
- 6+ years of experience working with CI/CD build pipeline with a focus on test automation (Github actions, Circleci, Kubernetes)
- Experience with development and maintenance of test automation tools using popular open source technologies(Puppeteer, Cypress, Playwright, Selenium), MCP servers,

Preferred Qualifications:

- Previous startup experience and testing in an Agile development life cycle is a plus
- Experience with API testing frameworks (Postman, REST-assured, Pact)
- Programming or scripting language proficiency (JavaScript, Java, Python)
- Experience with Cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:

- [Interactivity with JavaScript](https://www.coursera.org/learn/javascript)
- [Testing with Agile](https://www.coursera.org/learn/uva-darden-agile-testing)

## Compensation

Coursera offers competitive pay and fair compensation practices across all regions. Job titles may span multiple career levels, and the targeted hiring base salary range for this role in Canada is  CAD $137,600 - $172,000. Actual compensation will depend on factors such as experience, education, transferable skills, business needs, and location. This range may be adjusted over time and may include eligibility for variable pay, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

For more information about how Coursera collects and uses your personal information, please see our [Coursera + Udemy Global Applicant Privacy Notice](https://files.clinchtalent.com/1d7f2c0f91ebf75d580f56447fa54859/2acb24eb91f1e23b90ac9e9285de5aaf/Coursera%20and%20Udemy%20Global%20Applicant%20Privacy%20Notice.pdf).

To protect against recruitment fraud, Coursera + Udemy recruiters only communicate via official coursera.org/udemy.com email addresses and never through personal accounts. We do not accept resumes via email or social media; please submit all applications directly through our careers page.

If you encounter suspicious recruitment activity, please report it via our [Fraudulent Activity Submission Form.](https://forms.gle/Mb8UktwuaJAukb3H7)

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please contact us at recruiting@coursera.org.

## About Coursera Sourcing

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Coursera is an online learning platform that partners with leading universities and industry organizations to offer courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, and degrees, and has recently combined with Udemy to create one of the world’s most comprehensive skills development platforms.
- **Entity Type**: Public Benefit Corporation (B Corp) – publicly traded (NYSE: COUR)
- **Headquarters**: Bay Area, California, USA (inferred from job zone definitions) [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour)
- **Founded**: 2012 [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6034872004)
- **Founders**: Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6034872004)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: EdTech / Online Learning
- **Target customers**: B2B (institutions, corporations, governments), B2C (individual learners), and Enterprise (workforce upskilling) [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6034872004)
- **Mission**: “to provide universal access to world-class learning” [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6034872004)

## Products & Services
- **Courses & Specializations**: Individual and series of courses from top universities and industry partners.
- **Professional Certificates**: Career-focused certificate programs.
- **Degrees**: Online degree programs from accredited universities.
- **AI-Powered Features**: Personalized guide, Role Play (conversational practice), Course Builder, and Skills Tracks for role-based learning [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6034872004)
- **Coursera for Business / Government**: Enterprise solutions for workforce and citizen upskilling, including dedicated roles like Senior Product Marketing Manager for Government [jobera.com](https://jobera.com/employer/sourcingcour/)
- **Combined Udemy Platform**: Post-merger, the expanded catalog and scale of combined content offerings [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6014550004)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed in provided sources (publicly traded, market cap can be looked up separately).
- **Key Metric**: Over 11 active open positions as of May 2026, indicating growth and active hiring [jobera.com](https://jobera.com/employer/sourcingcour/)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Partnerships with “leading university and industry partners” (specific names not listed in provided sources) [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6034872004)
- **Growth Signals**: Merger with Udemy to form a combined skills development platform; extensive hiring in data science, product, engineering, and go-to-market roles; emphasis on AI-powered innovation (GenAI, LLM fine-tuning, RAG) [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6014550004) [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6034872004)

## Competitive Advantages
- **University & Industry Partnerships**: Access to content from top institutions (e.g., Stanford, Yale, Google, IBM) not exclusive but deep.
- **AI-First Platform**: Built-in AI tools (personalized guide, Role Play, Course Builder) differentiate from traditional LMS and other MOOC providers [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6034872004)
- **Scale After Udemy Merger**: Combined content library and global reach create one of the largest lifelong learning ecosystems [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6014550004)
- **Public Benefit & B Corp Status**: Legally committed to social impact alongside shareholder returns, an attractive differentiator for mission-driven talent [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6034872004)

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-Powered Innovation**: Accelerating the use of generative AI to personalize learning, automate content creation, and improve learner outcomes [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6034872004)
- **Post-Merger Integration**: Combining Coursera and Udemy to maximize catalog breadth, remove redundancies, and cross-sell to new segments [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6014550004)
- **Enterprise & Government Expansion**: Growing upskilling and reskilling solutions for corporate and public-sector clients (e.g., dedicated roles for Coursera for Government) [jobera.com](https://jobera.com/employer/sourcingcour/)
- **Data-Driven Product Development**: Heavy investment in analytics, experimentation, and data infrastructure to improve discovery and engagement [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6034872004) [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6014550004)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Customer-first builders who move fast, simplify ruthlessly, and iterate relentlessly on the metrics that matter.” Emphasis on ownership, data-driven decision-making, and continuous learning [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6034872004)
- **Work Model**: Globally distributed team with intentional in-person gatherings for collaboration; virtual onboarding and hiring. Some roles listed as on-site (100%) on jobera, but the overall tone is remote-friendly with location-specific pay zones [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6034872004) [jobera.com](https://jobera.com/employer/sourcingcour/)
- **Compensation & Perks**: Competitive zone-based pay (e.g., Staff Analytics Engineer: $156k–$235k USD depending on location), bonus, RSU equity, comprehensive health benefits, and global perks. For Canadian roles, CAD ranges are also published (e.g., Senior Data Scientist: $137.6k–$172k CAD) [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6034872004) [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6014550004)
- **Engineering Culture**: Modern data stack (Airflow, dbt, Databricks, Sigma, AI tools like Claude/Gemini); strong mentorship and leadership opportunities; focus on data governance, architecture, and self-serve analytics [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6034872004)

## Sources
1. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour) – Coursera Sourcing career page (Greenhouse)
2. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6034872004) – Staff Analytics Engineer job description
3. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcingcour/jobs/6014550004) – Senior Data Scientist job description
4. [jobera.com](https://jobera.com/employer/sourcingcour/) – Jobera summary of Coursera Sourcing jobs
5. [coursera.org](https://www.coursera.org/) – Coursera homepage

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