1 year ago
Kyiv, UkraineSenior
Responsibilities
- Own and drive technical direction across multiple engineering squads.
- Lead complex and ambiguous initiatives from idea through delivery while aligning engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
- Design, build, and evolve scalable backend systems using Python/Django, data pipelines, and third-party integrations.
- Partner with product managers, engineering managers, and senior stakeholders on roadmaps, technical trade-offs, and investment decisions.
- Raise engineering standards through mentoring, architectural reviews, documentation, automation, and continuous improvement.
- Drive reliability, observability, performance, and operational excellence across multiple services and teams.
- Participate in an on-call rotation one week every five weeks.
Requirements
- Experience with architectural patterns for large, high-scale web applications, including well-designed APIs, high-volume data pipelines, and efficient algorithms.
- Proven experience leading complex greenfield projects end to end.
- Experience shaping architectural decisions and engineering standards across multiple teams or domains.
- Ability to shape product scope, challenge requirements, and focus on customer value.
- Strong communication skills in English at B2+ level and the ability to influence senior peers and leadership.
- Hands-on experience using Agentic AI beyond code generation, including setting quality gates and safety nets and proposing AI-native workflow alternatives.
- Willingness to participate in the team’s on-call rotation.
- Python experience is not mandatory; relevant backgrounds may include Java, Node.js, Ruby, Scala, .NET, PHP, or Go.
Benefits
- Open, collaborative, dynamic, and diverse culture.
- Monthly allowance for lessons on Preply.com.
- Learning and Development budget and time off for self-development.
- Competitive financial package including equity, leave allowance, and health insurance.
- Access to free mental health support platforms.
- Opportunity to contribute to language learning and teaching across 175 countries.
- On-call participation is scheduled one week out of every five.
About Preply
Preply builds an online marketplace that connects learners with human tutors for live language lessons, supported by AI tools. Consumers book 1:1 sessions and ongoing courses, while organizations use Preply Business for corporate language training; revenue comes from commissions and subscriptions. Founded in 2012 and privately held, Preply operates globally with 100,000+ tutors teaching 90+ languages.