We power peopleโs progress.
At Preply, weโre all about creating life-changing learning experiences. We help people discover the magic of the perfect tutor, craft a personalized learning journey, and stay motivated to keep growing. Our approach is human-led, tech-enabled - and itโs creating real impact. So far, 90,000 tutors have delivered over 20 million lessons to learners in more than 175 countries. Every Preply lesson sparks change, fuels ambition, and drives progress that matters.
Meet the Team!
The
Preply Engineering Team
provides the tools to help unlock human potential through learning.
At Preply, we build scalable and reliable applications using Python/Django, with a strong focus on data, A/B testing, and feedback from students and tutors to guide our decisions. We prioritize product quality through robust monitoring, metrics analysis, and continuous optimization. Thanks to our advanced CI/CD processes, we release code 50โ60 times per day.
As a fast-growing company, we face a wide range of technical challenges, giving our engineers plenty of opportunities to grow and make an impact, some of which we even share on our Engineering Blog. Please, also visit our Tech Radar and our YouTube channel to learn more about the technologies we use at Preply!
We're hiring across different tribes and squads, such as Growth, Monetization and Learning!
What Youโll Be Doing
- Lead and grow two high-performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.
- Coach and develop engineers through regular feedback, mentorship, and career growth opportunities, with a focus on creating an inclusive and collaborative environment.
- Define and drive the long-term vision and strategy for the teams, ensuring alignment with company goals and product direction.
- Identify and prioritize high-impact opportunities in collaboration with Product, Data, and Design, ensuring teams are focused on the most valuable initiatives.
What You Need To Succeed
- Background: Degree in computer science, data science, mathematics, or a related field
- Experience: 3-5+ years of experience in building, leading, and scaling development teams
- People-Centric Approach and Team Building Skills: Weโre looking for an individual with a passion for building strong, results-oriented teams and utilizing a team-based approach as a primary means of achieving results.
- Provide technical expertise: Driving engineering best practices, adoption of tools, and alignment with architectural standards.
- Results-Oriented: Driving performance. Motivate team on setting and achieving ambitious, business-focused, and measurable goals.
- Ethical Leadership: Lead the team by example, demonstrating unwavering commitment to ethical behavior and integrity. Being a moral compass of a team, instill a culture that values honesty, fairness, and transparency in all engineering endeavors.
Why youโll love it at Preply:
- An open, collaborative, dynamic, and diverse culture;
- A generous monthly allowance for lessons on Preply.com, Learning & Development budget, and time off for your self-development;
- A competitive financial package with equity, leave allowance, and health insurance;
- Not in Barcelona? We offer an attractive relocation package to join us in our Preply Barcelona Hub;
- Access to free mental health support platforms;
- Access to Gympass-partnered wellness and gym centers throughout Spain to promote and support well-being and physical health;
- The opportunity to shape the lives of learners and tutors through language learning and teaching in 175 countries (and counting!).
Our Principles
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Preply.com is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people of diverse backgrounds can thrive. We believe that the presence of different opinions and viewpoints is a key ingredient for our success as a multicultural Ed-Tech company. That means that Preply will consider all applications for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or veteran status.
