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 integral scale, and building something that truly matters for millions of people, every day.Meet the teamThis is a high-impact individual contributor role with broad scope. At Preply, being a Staff Engineer is about multiplying impact beyond a single team.



You will operate at both a tribe and organizational level, helping define what problems matter, align teams around them, and drive solutions across the entire organization. You’ll partner closely with engineering and product leadership to shape our technical direction and raise the bar for how we build and scale.You’ll be joining one of our Product Tribes — Learning or Monetization:In Learning, you’ll help build the next generation of AI-powered, personalized learning experiences for millions of users.In Monetization, you’ll work on high-impact systems like payments, subscriptions, and bookings — directly influencing revenue, conversion, and the future of how tutors earn on the platform.What you’ll be doingShape 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 de

📌 Staff Back-end Engineer (Barcelona)
🏢 Preply
📍 Barcelona