Senior Platform Software Engineer - Developer Platform

Hybrid in Barcelona·Full-time·Added yesterday

Preply

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Overview

Job details

Full-time hours
Per the ad.
Hybrid
Office and home days — the ad has the split.
Relocation help
Indicative — the ad doesn’t promise sponsorship.

Requirements

Work in English
English is required, per the ad.
Be near Barcelona for hybrid days
No relocation package mentioned.

The role

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 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. As a category-defining company, we're shaping what the future of learning looks like at global scale.

Every 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.

What you'll do

CI/CD and testing: owning and evolving the systems and workflows that help engineers test, validate and deploy code quickly and confidently.
Developer experience and productivity: making it faster, simpler and more enjoyable for engineers to build and ship high-quality software.
Developer tooling and paved paths: building scalable tools and abstractions that reduce friction and enable teams to work autonomously.
AI-native development: using AI and agentic workflows to rethink and improve how software is developed and shipped at Preply.

As a Platform Software Engineer in the Developer Platform team, you'll build and operate the CI/CD systems, tooling and platforms that let Preply engineers ship quickly and safely.

Build and improve CI/CD systems, testing capabilities, and paved paths that enable engineers to ship quickly and safely.
Own and evolve the developer journey from writing code through testing and deployment.
Build internal platforms, services, and developer tooling to turn developer experience friction into scalable engineering solutions.
Provide the infrastructure and paved paths that let both engineers and coding agents build, test and ship autonomously.
Use AI and agentic workflows to rethink and improve the software development lifecycle, and set up the quality gates and safety nets that keep them trustworthy.
Operate what you build: take part in the team's support and incident rotation, and use data and developer feedback to measure and continuously improve the platform.
Partner with engineering teams as the users of the platform, driving adoption of your tooling and aligning stakeholders across squads so changes land smoothly.

Requirements

What we're looking for

CI/CD depth: strong hands-on experience building and operating CI/CD systems and pipelines at scale, including the reliability, performance and cost trade-offs that come with them.
Extensive experience (~8 years) designing and building complex backend software systems.
Software engineering skills, including Python, which we use to build platform services, developer tooling and automation. You do not need to be a Python-first backend engineer, but you should be productive in it.
AI Expertise: You're a forefront user of Agentic AI. You're able to bring hands-on experience and start influencing the team beyond code generation; reserving judgment for architecture, business logic, and security, using AI as a thought partner and being able to set up quality gates and safety nets to enhance existing engineering workflows and propose AI-native alternatives.
Experience building developer platforms, internal developer tooling, developer productivity or developer experience solutions.
Experience designing platforms and tooling for engineers as internal users, with a strong understanding of developer needs and workflows.
Familiarity with cloud-native environments and distributed systems.
Business-orientation and data-driven approach.
Strong communication skills. Minimum C1 English level.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

An 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!)

Hiring process

5 steps4 interviewsa task to do

Chat with Talent Acquisition
With Talent Acquisition team
Share your experience, what drives you and why Preply, why now.
Preliminary tech test
Not every role
For tech and product roles, a short test before the hiring team interviews.
Interviews with the hiring team
With hiring team
A series of interviews with potential colleagues going deep into your experience and hard skills.
Final task
A case study, peer programming session or deeper technical discussion to show how you think through problems.
Culture Champion interview
With a Culture Champion
Meet one of Preply's Culture Champions to check principles fit.

Talent Acquisition briefs you on what the final task involves and how to succeed.

About Preply

Preply is a global online learning platform that connects students with private tutors for personalized language lessons and academic tutoring. Founded in 2012, the company has grown into a major EdTech player, operating a marketplace that spans over 180 countries and offers instruction in dozens of languages, with a significant focus on English learning. The platform leverages technology to match learners with tutors based on their goals, schedule, and budget, and has become a prominent destination for both learners seeking flexible education and tutors seeking income.

Preply's Spanish headquarters is located in Barcelona, a key hub for its European operations and a significant part of its global expansion. The company's workforce is highly international, with a strong emphasis on engineering, data science, and product roles, making it an attractive option for international professionals looking to relocate to Spain. The Barcelona office operates as a central tech and product hub, and the company's culture is described as dynamic, data-driven, and remote-friendly, with a strong focus on AI and machine learning applications in education.

Industry: EdTech
Founded: 2012
Employees: 500–1,000
Headquarters: Brookline, USA
In Spain: Barcelona
Website: preply.com

Good to know if you are moving

Preply's workforce is highly international, with employees from over 50 countries, making it a common destination for expats.
The company offers fully remote and hybrid work options, which can facilitate a relocation to Spain.
Barcelona is a major tech hub in Europe, and Preply's office there is central to its product and engineering teams.
The company's official working language is English, easing the transition for international professionals.
Preply has a strong focus on AI and data science, offering roles for senior engineers and data scientists in its Barcelona hub.

In their own words

About the company & team

The Platform Tribe builds and operates the platform that Preply engineers develop and deploy on, and that millions of learners and tutors rely on every day. Our platform handles over 20bln requests per month, and we combine software engineering, distributed systems and cloud infrastructure to keep it reliable at scale while making it faster and easier for engineering teams to build on top of it.

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.

Additional information

Preply.com is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people of diverse backgrounds can thrive. We believe that the presence of different opinions and viewpoints is a key ingredient for our success as a multicultural Ed-Tech company. That means that 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.

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