Senior Security Engineer

About Coursera

Coursera was launched in 2012 by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller with a mission to provide universal access to world‑class learning. Today, it is one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with 197 million registered learners as of December 31, 2025.

Coursera partners with over 375 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, and degrees. Coursera's platform innovations – including generative AI‑powered features like Coach, Role Play, and Course Builder, and role‑based solutions like Skills Tracks – enable instructors, partners, and companies to deliver scalable, personalized, and verified learning.

Institutions worldwide rely on Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, students, and citizens in high‑demand fields such as GenAI, data science, technology, and business, while learners globally turn to Coursera to master the skills they need to advance their careers. Coursera is a Delaware public benefit corporation and a B Corp.

At Coursera, we’re looking for inventors, innovators, and lifelong learners ready to shape the future of education. You’ll help build global programs and tools that power online learning for millions turning bold ideas into real impact. People who thrive here are customer‑first builders who move fast, simplify ruthlessly, and iterate relentlessly on the metrics that matter.

We’re a globally distributed team and let you choose the best way you work, whether it’s from home, a Coursera hub, or a co‑working space near you. Our virtual hiring and onboarding make it easy to join us and start making an impact from anywhere. If you’re ready to make a global impact, scale unique products exclusive to Coursera, and expand your career horizons, apply below.

As a Sr. Security Engineer you will play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling the systems, processes, and controls that protect the company and our users’ data and ensure trust in our products. Working as part of the Information Security team, you will partner closely with Engineering, IT, Sales, Legal, and other cross‑functional stakeholders to embed security principles into our infrastructure and translate regulatory requirements into scalable technical solutions.

This is a hands‑on role for a senior individual contributor who thrives at the intersection of security, risk management, and infrastructure. You will shape how we discover, classify, and protect information, lead security risk mitigation efforts, and help evolve our security capabilities as the company grows.

• Implement and manage the Information Security Program including security incident response, vulnerability management, data protection, and risk management
• Plan and execute vulnerability assessments of our products and services associated with cloud infrastructure
• Lead Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (CIRT): triage, respond to, and investigate security incidents affecting platform and services
• Work with Sales to lead the response to customer questionnaires dealing with our security and data protection policies. Review Information Security and privacy related requirements in contracts and provide input to Legal team
• Lead regulatory readiness assessments and develop appropriate compliance strategies (SOX, SOC2, FERPA, ISO
  27001, NIST, etc.)
• Document and maintain security policies, standards, guidelines, processes and procedures, and other related documents as requested, and represent the Security Team during internal and external audits
• Perform technical security assessments, architecture and design reviews of Coursera's products, applications, services and cloud infrastructure
• Provide security expertise and guidance to all Coursera engineering and business teams
• Develop technical solutions to help mitigate security vulnerabilities
• Establish and coordinate remediation and mitigation for identified security risks
• Ensure technical security controls are in place, maintained, and audited on a periodic basis

• 10+ years of working experience in an Information…