1 year ago
Barcelona, SpainSenior
Responsibilities
- Own, shape, and drive technical direction across multiple engineering squads.
- Lead complex, ambiguous greenfield initiatives from idea through delivery.
- Design, build, and evolve scalable backend systems, data pipelines, and third-party integrations.
- Partner with product managers, engineering managers, and senior stakeholders on roadmaps, 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 in large, high-scale web applications, including well-designed APIs, high-volume data pipelines, or efficient algorithms.
- Proven experience leading complex greenfield projects end-to-end.
- A track record of shaping architectural decisions and setting engineering standards across multiple teams or domains.
- Comfort shaping product scope, challenging requirements, and focusing on customer value.
- Strong English communication skills at B2+ level and the ability to influence senior peers and leadership through clear reasoning and technical judgment.
- Hands-on experience using agentic AI beyond code generation, including setting quality gates and safety nets and proposing AI-native workflow improvements.
- Willingness to participate in the team on-call rotation.
- Python experience is not mandatory; candidates from Java, Node.js, Ruby, Scala, .NET, PHP, or Go backgrounds are welcome if they can learn Python.
Benefits
- Monthly allowance for lessons on Preply.com.
- Learning and Development budget and time off for self-development.
- Equity, leave allowance, and health insurance as part of the financial package.
- Attractive relocation package for joining the Barcelona Hub from outside Barcelona.
- Access to free mental health support platforms.
- Access to Gympass-partnered wellness and gym centers throughout Spain.
- Opportunity to support learners and tutors in 175 countries.
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.