Staff Platform Engineer
hace 3 días
Barcelona
ph3bWe power people’s progress. /b /h3pAt 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. /ppWe’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. As a category-defining company, we’re shaping what the future of learning looks like at global scale. /ppEvery Preply lesson sparks change, fuels ambition, and drives progress that matters. Joining Preply means helping define the future of education at global scale, and building something that truly matters for millions of people, every day. /ph3bMeet the Team /b /h3pAt 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 50–60 times per day. /ppOur bPlatform Tribe /b builds and operates the internal products that make it simple, safe, fast, and reliable for engineers to deliver value. The platform is designed around opinionated, well-supported paved paths, self-service by default, and guardrails over gates. /ppWe are looking for a bStaff Platform Engineer /b to be a high-leverage technical leader across the Platform Tribe. You will work across platform squads (Infrastructure, Runtime and Data, Developer Platform, Application Platform, Frontend Platform, Mobile Platform) to set technical direction, unblock complex problems, raise the quality bar through mentorship, and ship production changes hands-on. /ppThis role combines technical leadership with hands-on execution. Success is measured by durable improvements in platform capabilities and reliability, not by producing designs in isolation or serving as a centralized support function. /ppWe’ve reached 90%+ adoption of AI coding tools across engineering, and we’re now moving towards more autonomous, AI-Augmented development at scale. At Preply, engineers have direct access to the best tools available, with the freedom to use them fully and experiment as they build. /ppWe have diverse technical challenges that will allow you to develop your skills across the stack - sometimes we write about them in our Engineering Blog. Please visit our Tech Radar and our YouTube channel to learn more about the technologies we use at Preply! /ph3bWhat you’ll be doing: /b /h3ullipProvide technical leadership across platform squads: architecture decisions, engineering standards, paved paths, and reusable patterns that reduce cognitive load and increase consistency. /p /lilipLead cross-squad and cross-engineering initiatives that improve the path from code to production: CI foundations, delivery workflow reliability, environments, and self-service entry points. /p /lilipDrive operability improvements: SLO thinking, dashboards, alerting standards, runbooks, failure recovery patterns, and incident readiness across platform-owned systems. /p /lilipGo deep on high-impact reliability and performance problems, including root cause analysis, remediation design, automation to prevent recurrence, and postmortem follow-through. /p /lilipBuild and operate critical platform services and tooling that serve production traffic and internal users, with strong engineering quality and operational discipline. /p /lilipAct as a multiplier through mentorship: coaching senior engineers and tech leads, improving design quality, and raising execution standards across the tribe. /p /lilipUse data to guide priorities and measure outcomes (delivery health, reliability signals, adoption, and satisfaction), and help teams turn metrics into durable improvements. /p /lilipParticipate in on-call and major incident response, leading by example and helping teams improve incident execution and prevention over time. /p /li /ulh3bWhat you need to succeed /b /h3ullipStrong track record as a senior technical leader (Staff, Principal, or equivalent) delivering cross-team impact: setting standards, aligning stakeholders, de-risking complex technical decisions, and landing changes in production. /p /lilipExtensive hands-on experience designing, building, maintaining, and troubleshooting high-traffic distributed systems in production. /p /lilipDeep experience with DevOps and cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS): networking basics, identity and access patterns, infrastructure automation, and operational best practices. /p /lilipExperience with CI/CD systems, build and test reliability, artifact management, and developer workflows. /p /lilipStrong foundations in reliability engineering: observability, alerting, incident response, capacity planning, and automation-driven prevention. /p /lilipCommunication and technical influence - articulates complex tradeoffs clearly, drives alignment through RFCs, and influences technical direction across teams. /p /lilipComfort writing production-quality tooling through AI-assisted coding. /p /li /ulh3bWhy you’ll love it at Preply: /b /h3ullipAn open, collaborative, dynamic and diverse culture. /p /lilipA generous monthly allowance for lessons on Preply.com, Learning Development budget and time off for your self-development. /p /lilipA competitive financial package with equity, leave allowance and health insurance. /p /lilipNot in Barcelona? We offer an attractive relocation package to join us in our Preply Barcelona Hub. /p /lilipAccess to free mental health support platforms. /p /lilipAccess to Gympass-partnered wellness and gym centers throughout Spain to promote and support well-being and physical health. /p /lilipThe opportunity to shape the lives of learners and tutors through language learning and teaching in 175 countries (and counting!). /p /li /ulpOur Principles and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion sections follow without special formatting. They are part of the job description but can be included in an expanded section if needed. /p /p #J-18808-Ljbffr