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 is a hybrid position that requires 2 days per week in our Mexico City office. 

About you 

 We are looking for enthusiastic candidates with an education background or experience in computer science or related STEM disciplines who are passionate about the latest techniques and technologies for developing scalable and user-friendly web products. If you are a self-starter and someone who is excited to join us and learn how we build our platforms and features, we are interested in talking to you!  

About this role 

As an intern at Udemy, you will play a key role in developing our Video Streaming Platform.  The Media  Platform is responsible for the course video playback, video transcoding, packaging and delivery of course assets. A day in the life of an engineer on our team could have you working on Front End Video Player Experiences, Backend Service Development and debugging issues for our Learners and Instructors.

What you'll be doing:

Collaborating with cross-functional teams and contribution to the process of defining, designing new features in a highly collaborative agile environment

Designing, specifying and implementing new features and services

Participating in code reviews making sure that our code is well designed, tested, robust, secure, performant and readable

Documenting, monitoring and maintaining new features post-release

Opportunities to learn about Video On Demand Streaming, Video Players, Software Encoding and Packaging and Content Delivery Networks.

What you’ll have 

Education degree or experience in computer science, mathematics or other related analytical (i.e. STEM) disciplines.

Solid understanding of object-oriented design and programming principles

Experience with modern programming languages. We often use Python, Kotlin, React, and Javascript.

Excellent communication skills in English

Experience with ffmpeg, AWS Elemental, Gstreamer, Shaka Packager, Video is a plus 

About your Skills 

Decision Making: Ability to analyze complex problems and apply strong computer science fundamentals to develop effective solutions.

Technical Expertise: Knowledge of software design and architecture principles to build scalable and maintainable systems.

Curiosity & Continuous Learning: A proactive approach to learning new technologies and improving skills in a dynamic environment.

Collaboration & Communication: Effective communication skills to articulate technical concepts and collaborate with team members on software design and implementation

Problem-Solving & Troubleshooting: Strong debugging skills and attention to detail to identify, analyze, and resolve software issues efficiently.

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 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 US Benefits and Ireland 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.

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