Senior Software Engineer

at Udemy

Istanbul, Turkey

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Over 80 million learners and 17,000 businesses already learn with Udemy. If you’re excited by change, energized by learning, and ready to have a real impact, you’ll feel right at home.

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Where We Work

Udemy is a global company headquartered in San Francisco, with additional U.S. offices in Denver and Austin, and international hubs in Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico, and Türkiye. This is an in-office position, requiring three days a week in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) and flexibility on Mondays and Fridays.

About this role

As a Software Engineer in the Payments Checkout Team at Udemy, you will play a crucial role in the design and implementation of the next-gen highly scalable payments platform. You will be working on delivering crucial components of the various payments systems that handle payment vendor integrations, charge operations, recurring billing, taxation, credits and many more. We have an exciting road map ahead of us across all of the mentioned systems and it is also a unique opportunity to build core components at scale.

About Your Skills

Continuous Learning – A strong desire to keep learning and growing, especially in technical competencies and organizational knowledge.
Analytical Problem Solving – The ability to break down moderately complex problems and find effective solutions using cross-functional communication and systems thinking.
Proactiveness and Initiative – Taking ownership of projects, prioritizing work independently, and leading moderately complex projects to completion.
Team-Oriented Mindset – Valuing collaboration, mutual recognition of accomplishments, and fostering a culture of humility and collective pride.
Adaptability in Technology – Comfort in using various technologies while maintaining services and optimizing code and processes.

What you'll be doing:

As a senior member of the team, 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 involving every parts of software development cycle, such as designing, coding, reviewing, and test writing.
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.

What you’ll have:

Have a university degree including the study of computer science fundamentals.
4+ years of professional software development experience.
Have demonstrated experience driving the architecture, engineering and software design of large-scale, multi-tiered, distributed software applications, databases, tools, systems, and services using service-oriented architecture, object-oriented design and distributed programming.
Have a deep sense of quality, and sharp engineering skills with strong CS fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
Are self-driven, own your services by all dimensions and intrinsically have a desire to get things done.
Are creative and not afraid to step outside of your comfort zone.
Are team-oriented, friendly, reliable, humble, receptive to feedback, and you gain satisfaction from helping others.
Have mastery over at least one programming language (e.g. .Net/C#, Python and/or Java)
Are well versed in HTTP and web application stack including modern front-end/back-end technologies.
Have deep knowledge of concurrency, resiliency, and caching.
Have proven experience with ORMs (e.g. Django) and RDBMS (e.g. MySQL) including development of complex SQL queries.
Building and consuming internal/external APIs (including, but not limited to REST).
Testing methods and practices.

Application deadline 14th November 2025

Why work here?

You’ll grow here.
Learning is part of the job. You’ll get full access to Udemy courses, a monthly UDay to invest in yourself, and a budget to spend on whatever helps you improve. Many people are diving into AI lately, but what you focus on is up to you.

AI is real here.
We use it in the way we learn and the way we work. You’ll have the space and tools to experiment, apply, and get better at using AI in practical ways.

You’ll own your work.
We trust people to lead, make decisions, and follow through. You don’t need to wait for permission or layers of approval to have an impact.

You’ll build with others.
We collaborate openly and shape ideas together. Everyone has a voice, and good thinking is welcomed from any direction.

You’ll see your impact.
What you build helps people grow their skills, change their careers, or find a path forward. You’ve got the experience, why not use it to help others gain theirs?

Bring your curiosity. We’ll bring the platform and the support. Let’s LEARN together.

Our Benefits Start with U

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 Australia Benefits, India Benefits, Ireland Benefits, Mexico Benefits, Turkiye Benefits & US 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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