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.

Hybrid work

Udemy is headquartered in San Francisco with global offices in Australia, India, Ireland, Türkiye, and other US locations. Our robust hybrid work model spans San Francisco, Denver, Ankara, Dublin, Mexico City and Melbourne. 

This hybrid position requires two days per week in the office at the nearest hub.

 

About This Role

As a Senior Engineering Manager on the Native Mobile apps team, you will help oversee the engineering strategy for mobile applications on iOS and Android that will help millions of students achieve greater learning and career outcomes on Udemy, Udemy Business, and Udemy for Government. You’ll succeed by closely collaborating with engineering, product teams, and a diverse set of stakeholders around the world. You will be a key engineering leader driving the mobile app strategy across various platforms, including smartwatches, smart home devices, and more.

In this role, you’ll manage a mobile engineering team of up to 8 engineers, with a focus on iOS and Android development. You’ll be responsible for guiding the team’s projects, setting the direction to align with the company’s vision, and fostering an impact-driven work environment that promotes accountability and results. Additionally, having experience or an interest in cross-platform development frameworks (such as React Native or Kotlin Multiplatform) will be a plus, as we explore leveraging these technologies to further scale and improve development efficiency.

 

What You'll Be Doing

Lead the evolution of Udemy’s mobile applications (iOS and Android) to support millions of students and instructors globally.

Collaborate with product and design teams to define the product roadmap and manage major initiatives and milestones across mobile platforms.

Manage up to 8 engineers as we grow the mobile team in our Mexico office. Set goals for team members based on company initiatives and the mobile product roadmap. Mentor the mobile engineers to effectively deliver on those goals through effective project management, technical leadership, personal coaching, and collaboration.

Dedicate 25% of your time to contributing or reviewing well-written code, whether in Swift, SwiftUI, Kotlin, or cross-platform frameworks like React Native or Kotlin Multiplatform. Spend the remaining 75% managing the team and guiding the strategic direction.

Oversee the prioritization and management of all app platform, infrastructure, and technology-related backlogs, collaborating with engineering and product teams to drive platform enhancements, infrastructure improvements, and technological innovations that ensure scalability, reliability, and performance of Udemy’s mobile applications.

Own the end-to-end process of app releases, ensuring timely and high-quality deployments, while maintaining strong relationships with key points of contact at Google and Apple to streamline approvals, address issues, and stay ahead of platform updates and requirements.

Promote healthy debates around solutions and foster an environment of experimentation and bold technological changes in the product.

Advocate for continuous improvement by adopting new tools, best practices, and engineering methodologies that enhance development speed and product quality.

Define and champion mobile engineering best practices, including coding standards, testing, build, and release processes.

Recruit, hire, and retain a team that meets delivery commitments while being responsive to customer support needs.

Continue to challenge the status quo in terms of development processes and best engineering practices, including exploring cross-platform solutions to drive efficiency and scalability.

Foster an impact-driven work environment that values quality, robustness, and scalability of our systems, while promoting innovation and creativity.

Mentor future leaders within the engineering organization and support career growth for team members.

Foster a fun, friendly, and collaborative team environment to aid in retention and recruitment.

Engage in external developer meetups and events to promote Udemy's mobile engineering brand as a great place to work.

Evangelize the mobile engineering team’s efforts across the company, building strong relationships with other departments.

Experience and Knowledge:

Built and managed a team of engineers with 3+ years of experience leading and managing engineering teams.

3+ years of experience managing teams focused on native iOS and/or Android mobile application development.

Cross-platform development experience (e.g., React Native, Kotlin Multiplatform, Flutter) is a plus and will be highly valued.

5+ years of experience managing and mentoring engineers.

Proven experience collaborating with product management and design teams to take products to market and iterating over time.

Experience with software engineering best practices, including testing, code reviews, and continuous integration.

Proven track record of driving change and motivating engineers to adapt and improve.

Ability to work in a fast-paced, hands-on startup environment.

Excellent communication skills and ability to influence and collaborate with other engineering teams.

Strong experience developing and implementing apps using Objective-C, Swift, Kotlin or React Native and other modern mobile technologies.

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 and Built In Best Places 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.  If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at recruitingaccommodations@udemy.com. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

 

Udemy Mexico Benefits

Our benefits are designed to support you and your family with the protection and care you need, ensuring easy access to the right coverage when it matters most. Here’s a snapshot of the key benefits for full-time Udemates based in Mexico:

Core Benefits:

Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage: Includes maternity, private hospital, dental, and vision benefits for employees and eligible dependents. Life Insurance: 12x monthly base salary, with a Free Cover Limit of MXN 7.5 million.

Financial Benefits:

Grocery Vouchers: Monthly vouchers valued at $2,200 MXN. Teleworking Allowance: $800 MXN monthly. Savings Fund: Both you and Udemy contribute 13% of your monthly salary, capped to 1.3 times the UMA value. Christmas Bonus: Equivalent to 30 days of your current salary. Vacation Bonus: 25% premium on your vacation days.

Time Off Benefits:

Holidays: Udemy observes 12 public holidays in Mexico. Annual Leave: 12 days of annual leave per year. Sick Leave: 10 days of paid sick leave per year. Family Bonding: 12 weeks of maternity leave or partner leave for bonding after the birth or adoption of a child. Bereavement Leave: Up to 20 working days for the loss of a loved one.

Wellbeing Benefits:

Maven (Reproductive Health): Unlimited virtual appointments and $25,000 lifetime benefit for fertility, adoption, and surrogacy. Modern Health (Therapy and Coaching): 10 sessions with therapists and 10 sessions with coaches per year. Origin (Financial Planning): Free access to Certified Financial Planners for you and your spouse. Workplace Options (EAP): 24/7 support for family, stress, caregiving, financial, and legal issues.

Additional Perks:

Udemy Courses: Free and unlimited access to Udemy’s Marketplace and Udemy Business. Home Office Reimbursement: $500 one-time reimbursement and $35 monthly for work-from-home needs.

 

At Udemy, we strive to be transparent around compensation. Actual compensation for this role is based on several factors, including but not limited to job-related skills, qualifications, experience, and specific work location due to differences in the cost of labor. In addition to a base salary, this role is also eligible for benefits and equity.Hiring Compensation Range$1,440,000—$1,800,000 MXN