Back-End Engineer, Preply
Python
Personalized language learning marketplace
Job no longer available
Personalized language learning marketplace
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To deliver the best human learning experience by empowering learners and tutors to succeed.
Role
Who you are
- Proficiency in Python, having experience as a Backend or Fullstack Engineer
- Exposure to architectural patterns of a large, high-scale web application (e.g., well-designed APIs, high-volume data pipelines, efficient algorithms)
- Familiar and willing to support small JS/TS tasks when needed
- Expertise in troubleshooting issues, identifying the root cause, mitigating it, and adding setting up safeguards to prevent future issues
- High level of self-organization, ownership, and responsibility
- 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)
What the job involves
- Develop and own backend features using Python/Django
- Think beyond the code and about our customers, understand their needs and define solutions with the team
- Balance short-term speed of development with the long-term technical quality of our systems
- Help us make our best practices even better (test culture, code reviews, monitoring and scalability of our tools)
- Supporting the creation of new backend services as well as design, create, and/or troubleshoot integrations with third-party vendors
Our take
Preply stands as a global hub for language learning, distinguished by its emphasis on real-time tutor interaction. Through its user-friendly interface, Preply connects students with skilled tutors worldwide, facilitating flexible lessons from the convenience of their homes.
In recent years, there has been a notable upsurge in individuals seeking to master new languages, a trend projected to propel the market to a staggering $47B by 2025. While competitors like Duolingo, Babbel, and Busuu also want a share of this market, Preplyu's nice lies in its live instruction and diverse pool of native teachers, setting it apart from gamified, self-directed platforms.
With over 15M lessons booked to date and a network of more than 32,000 tutors spanning 175 countries, Preply has established itself as a frontrunner in the language learning space. Looking ahead, Preply is strategically positioning itself for continued growth, particularly in bolstering its B2b offerings and expanding its business development initiatives.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Jan 2026
$150m
SERIES D
Jul 2023
$42m
SERIES C
Total funding: $294.6m
Company benefits
- 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
- 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 unlock the potential of learners and tutors through language learning and teaching in 175 countries (and counting!)
Company HQ
Coolidge Corner South Side, Brookline, MA
Leadership
Kirill Bigai
(Co-Founder & CEO)Worked as an Intelligent Network Engineer for Nokia and Vodafone before founding findGuru.me (a class booking platform) and then Preply.
Sergey Lukyanov
(Co-Founder)Previously a Web Strategist and Designer at TemplateMonster.com, an online marketplace for website templates.
Dmytro Voloshyn
(Co-Founder)Co-founder at Preply.com (Barcelona/Kyiv). Entrepreneur, scientist, thinker.
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