About the company
At Preply, we’re all about creating life-changing learning experiences. We help people discover the magic of the perfect tutor, craft a personalised learning journey, and stay motivated to keep growing. Our approach is human-led, tech-enabled - and it’s creating real impact.
We’ve just reached unicorn status with a $150M Series D, accelerating our vision to transform education through human-led, AI-enhanced learning. Today, 100,000+ tutors teach 90+ languages to learners in 180 countries - and we’re only getting started.
Responsibilities
- Shape technical strategy & drive execution. Partner with Engineering and Product leadership to define and co-own the tribe’s engineering strategy and technical roadmap. Lead end-to-end strategic initiatives, from ideation to delivery.
- Lead architecture & platform evolution. Act as a key architect for the future state of our systems. Evolve core services into a scalable, reliable platform by defining target architectures, driving migrations and deprecations.
- Raise engineering excellence & developer experience. Identify bottlenecks, reduce friction, and drive initiatives that increase team productivity. Champion high engineering standards through RFCs, post-mortems, and quality frameworks.
- Operate as a multiplier. Mentor and influence Senior Engineers, Tech Leads, and Engineering Managers, contribute to hiring, and elevate the overall technical bar.
- Drive technical decision-making. Own critical technical and strategic decisions, including build-vs-buy trade-offs.
Requirements
- Strong engineering foundations & system thinking. Solid background in software engineering and architecture, with experience designing and evolving large-scale systems.
- Hands-on, strategic mindset. Comfortable diving into code, building proofs of concept, and iterating quickly with teams.
- End-to-end ownership. Take ownership from ambiguous problem definition through to delivery, launch, and operational stability.
- Ability to influence and align. Excellent communicator, able to articulate technical vision, trade-offs, and business value.
- Product-minded engineering. Approach engineering with a strong product lens.
- Comfort operating across domains. Able to move fluidly between different types of work.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Driving engineering excellence. Experience raising the bar across teams.
- Comfort in evolving environments. Thrive in changing and growing environments.
- AI Expertise: Forefront user of Agentic AI, able to bring hands-on experience and influence the team beyond code generation.