We power people’s progress.
At Preply, we’re 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 it’s 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!
Join Preply’s Teams and help us power people’s progress through life-changing learning experiences. We’re on a mission to combine the magic of the best tutors with cutting-edge AI to create personalized journeys that keep learners motivated and inspired.
The Preply Engineering Team provides the tools to help unlock human potential through learning.
Our team leverages the powerful combination of Python/Django and ReactJS to engineer scalable, resilient applications that provide our users with an exceptional and seamless experience.
We are tech-agnostic, meaning we are open to considering candidates with diverse technology backgrounds, such as Java/Spring, Node.js/Express.js, Ruby/Ruby on Rails, Scala/Play, PHP, or Golang.
While Python is our primary programming language, prior experience with it is not mandatory. What truly matters is your enthusiasm for learning Python and your ability to adapt quickly to using it for product development.
What you’ll be doing:
You will work in a cross-functional team alongside the Product Manager, Product Designer, UX Writers, Data Analytics, Technical Leads, Engineers and other cross-functional team members to deliver engaging features through A/B tests and build top-notch products, including, but not limited to:
- Back-end Development: Develop and own backend features using Python/Django, supporting the creation of new backend services and designing, creating, and troubleshooting integrations with third-party vendors.
- UI Development: Develop frontend features in React/Typescript, launched in our A/B experimentation framework.
- Implementation: Take on the responsibility of writing services from initial concept to full-fledged deployment.
- Raising the bar of our end-to-end solutions: Leverage previous experience to implement and socialize current best practices in frontend and backend.
- Use a Data-driven approach: Our goal is not to deliver code but to deliver user value. Data-driven approaches and experimentation are its heartbeats. Together with the product, data, and UX teammates, the team is responsible for value delivery, analysis, ideation, and focus.
- System Design: Design efficient system architectures that align with team goals, constraints and schedules.
- Prioritisation: Strike a balance between delivering fast results and maintaining high-quality, sustainable systems.
- Chasing Excellence: Embody a mindset of mastery by continuously seeking to improve your craft, delivering work of exceptional quality, and inspiring those around you to aim higher.
What you need to succeed:
- Full-Stack Expertise: This role is primarily backend-focused, with about 70% of the work on back-end development and 30% on the front-end, requiring solid backend expertise and well-rounded full-stack engineering skills.
- Exposure to front-end tech: A good understanding of React, Typescript, HTML5, and CSS.
- Exposure to architectural patterns of a large, high-scale web application (e.g., well-designed APIs, high-volume data pipelines, efficient algorithms);
- Proactive Problem-Solving: You will be expected to face and solve challenges independently, both in the codebase and in our product initiatives.
- High level of self-organization, ownership, and responsibility;
- Communication Skills: Good at working with others and communicating effectively in English at a B2 level or higher.
- A great collaborator with excellent verbal and written communication skills. Minimum B2 English level;
- Willingness to be on-call for your squad (1 week every 5 weeks).
Why you’ll love it at Preply:
- 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
- Care to change the world - We are passionate about our work and care deeply about its impact to be life changing.
- We do it for learners - For both Preply and tutors, learners are why we do what we do. Every day we focus on empowering tutors to deliver an exceptional learning experience.
- Keep perfecting - To create an outstanding customer experience, we focus on simplicity, smoothness, and enjoyment, continually perfecting it as every detail matters.
- Now is the time - In a fast-paced world, it matters how quickly we act. Now is the time to make great things happen.
- Disciplined execution - What makes us disciplined is the excellence in our execution. We set clear goals, focus on what matters, and utilize our resources efficiently.
- Dive deep - We leverage business acumen and curiosity to investigate disparities between numbers and stories, unlocking meaningful insights to guide our decisions.
- Growth mindset - We proactively seek growth opportunities and believe today's best performance becomes tomorrow's starting point. We humbly embrace feedback and learn from setbacks.
- Raise the bar - We raise our performance standards continuously, alongside each new hire and promotion. We build diverse and high-performing teams that can make a real difference.
- Challenge, disagree and commit - We value open and candid communication, even when we don’t fully agree. We speak our minds, challenge when necessary, and fully commit to decisions once made.
- One Preply - We prioritize collaboration, inclusion, and the success of our team over personal ambitions. Together, we support and celebrate each other's progress.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Preply is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. Different opinions and viewpoints are key ingredients in our success as a multicultural Ed-Tech company.
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. Together, we are The World Class.
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