Senior Software Engineer

Udacity is now an Accenture company, and exciting things are happening! 🚀 We are on a mission of forging futures in tech through radical talent transformation in digital technologies. We offer a unique and immersive online learning platform, powering corporate technical training in fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Autonomous Systems, Cloud Computing and more. Our rapidly growing global organization is revolutionizing how the enterprise market bridges the talent shortage and skills gaps during their digital transformation journey.

The Udacity Enterprise Engineering team is seeking Back-End Software Engineers to build and enhance our Enterprise products. You will collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Operations teams to create and improve cutting‑edge systems that empower customers, mentors, staff, and students. Your work will play a pivotal role in delivering robust, scalable, and high‑performance applications that support a personalized and seamless learning experience.

• Lead the development, testing, and maintenance of scalable back‑end services, APIs, and microservices.
• Architect and implement robust, secure, and reliable systems to handle complex workflows and high‑performance requirements.
• Design and integrate AI‑driven features into our systems, such as personalized recommendations, predictive analytics, and automated workflows.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Data Science teams to gather requirements and build solutions tailored to Enterprise and AI needs.
• Mentor junior engineers by providing technical guidance, code reviews, and fostering a culture of continuous learning.
• Optimize and refactor existing back‑end systems for performance, scalability, and maintainability.
  
  Implement and enforce best practices for software development, including code quality, testing, deployment, and documentation.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex system issues, ensuring high availability and reliability of our applications.
• Stay up‑to‑date with the latest AI and back‑end technologies, and proactively propose innovative solutions.

• 6–8+ years of professional software engineering experience in a live production environment, including leadership roles or significant individual contributions.
• Proven expertise in building scalable, reliable, and low‑latency systems.
• Demonstrated experience designing, building, delivering, and maintaining production‑quality microservices.
• Proficiency with back‑end frameworks and technologies, such as Go, Node.js, Python, and Graph
  
  QL.
• Expertise in relational databases, such as Postgre
  
  SQL, and familiarity with data pipelines and integrations.
• Experience implementing AI‑driven features, such as recommendation engines, machine learning models, or natural language processing in back‑end services.
• Familiarity with cloud environments like AWS, containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of modern web protocols, security practices, and system integrations.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills, with the ability to design elegant solutions for complex technical challenges.
• Ability to lead by example and collaborate in a fast‑paced, team‑oriented environment.

• Hands‑on experience with AI/ML frameworks, such as Tensor Flow, PyTorch, or Scikit‑learn.
• Familiarity with AI‑based APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Hugging Face, or custom AI models).
• Experience designing distributed systems and real‑time processing architectures.
• Deep understanding of performance optimization and cost‑efficient cloud infrastructure design.
• Passion for delivering exceptional user experiences through AI personalization.

Remote (United States). Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis and may be located anywhere in the U.S. except the following states:
Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

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