Coursera

Public online-learning platform (NYSE: COUR) with 350+ university and industry partners. ~1,400 employees. Greg Hart CEO since May 2025.

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Mountain View, CA, USA HQ
1,400 employees
2012 founded

What is Coursera?

Coursera (NYSE: COUR) is one of the largest online-learning platforms in the world, headquartered in Mountain View, California. Stanford computer-science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller founded the company in 2012 after their public online courses drew hundreds of thousands of learners and made the case that structured university content could scale globally at near-zero marginal cost. The platform now hosts 350+ partner institutions including Stanford, Yale, Imperial College London, Google, IBM, Meta, and Deloitte, spanning free single courses through full accredited bachelor's and master's degrees. Three revenue segments make up the business: Consumer (individual subscriptions and Coursera Plus), Enterprise (Coursera for Business and Coursera for Government), and Degrees (revenue share with partner universities on online degree programs). The company went public in March 2021, raising roughly $519M in the IPO. Greg Hart took over as CEO in May 2025, succeeding Jeff Maggioncalda (2017 to 2025). Hart joined from Amazon where he was Vice President for Alexa and, earlier, Prime Video and Amazon Music. Andrew Ng remains involved as an investor and industry advisor; Daphne Koller left in 2016 to found Insitro. Coursera employs roughly 1,400 people across product, engineering (heavy ML and platform focus), content, sales, and success.

Mission & values

Provide universal access to world-class learning so anyone, anywhere can transform their life through education.

Qualifications

Coursera hires full-time employees across product, engineering (platform, ML, learner AI, infrastructure), design, content and pedagogy, sales, customer success, marketing, and G&A. Application flow lives at coursera.org/about/careers. Coursera runs a distributed-first model: many US roles are fully remote, with hubs in Mountain View (HQ), Toronto, and Gurgaon (India engineering center) for hybrid collaboration. UK and EU corporate hiring is smaller and typically London-based. Instructor partnerships are institutional, not individual contractor work. Courses come from partner universities and companies through business-development agreements, not from a freelance job board. If you want to teach on Coursera as an individual, the realistic path is to be affiliated with a partner institution or to propose a project through Coursera's Guided Projects program (which is more selective than open microtask sites).

Leadership

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Greg Hart

Chief Executive Officer

CEO since May 2025. Joined from Amazon where he served as Vice President for Alexa. Earlier led Prime Video and Amazon Music, and was chief of staff to Jeff Bezos.

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Andrew Ng

Co-Founder & Board Advisor

Co-founded Coursera in 2012. Stanford adjunct professor of computer science. Also founded DeepLearning.AI and Landing AI. Former Chief Scientist at Baidu and founding lead of Google Brain.

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Daphne Koller

Co-Founder (departed 2016)

Co-founded Coursera in 2012 as a Stanford CS professor. Left in 2016 to found Insitro, an AI drug-discovery company where she is CEO.

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Ken Hahn

Chief Financial Officer

CFO leading finance, investor relations, and business operations at the public company.

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Jeff Maggioncalda

Former Chief Executive Officer

CEO from 2017 to May 2025. Led Coursera through its IPO in March 2021 and the pivot to enterprise and degrees. Previously founding CEO of Financial Engines.

Hiring process

  1. 1

    Apply at coursera.org/about/careers

    Browse open roles and submit through the Coursera careers portal.

  2. 2

    Recruiter screen

    Confirms role fit, target level, location, sponsorship, and salary expectations.

    About 7 days

  3. 3

    Hiring manager interview

    Role-specific conversation with the manager who owns the position.

    About 7 days

  4. 4

    Onsite loop or virtual equivalent

    For engineering: coding + system design + behavioral + role-specific rounds. For GTM and product: case study + values interviews.

    About 14 days

  5. 5

    Offer and background check

    Offer with base, bonus, and RSU discussion followed by standard background verification.

    About 7 days

Funding

StagePublic
Investors
Public (NYSE: COUR since March 2021)

Awards & recognition

  • NYSE IPO as COUR ($519M raise) · 2021

    NYSE

  • 350+ partner institutions on the platform · 2026

    Coursera

  • Full accredited online degrees launched with partner universities · 2019

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Company information

Frequently asked questions

Is Coursera a public company?
Yes, on the NYSE as COUR since March 2021. The IPO raised approximately $519M.
Who founded Coursera?
Stanford computer-science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller in 2012. Andrew stayed involved as an investor and advisor; Daphne left in 2016 to found Insitro.
Who is the current CEO?
Greg Hart, since May 2025. He joined from Amazon where he was Vice President for Alexa and, earlier, led Prime Video and Amazon Music.
Is Coursera hiring remotely?
Yes. Coursera runs a distributed-first model with many fully-remote US roles plus hybrid presence in Mountain View (HQ), Toronto, and Gurgaon. UK and EU hiring is smaller.
Can I teach a course on Coursera as an individual?
The typical path is institutional. Courses come from partner universities and companies through business-development agreements. Individuals affiliated with a partner institution can teach; independent instructors can propose Guided Projects, though that pipeline is more selective than open marketplaces.
What are the main business segments?
Three: Consumer (Coursera Plus subscriptions and single-course purchases), Enterprise (Coursera for Business and Coursera for Government), and Degrees (revenue share with partner universities on online degree programs).

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