Senior Back-End Engineer

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Responsibilities

• ▹Develop and own backend features using Python/Django, support the creation of new backend services, and design, create, and/or troubleshoot integrations with third-party vendors
• ▹Think beyond the code and about customers, understand their needs, and define solutions with the team
• ▹Balance short-term speed of development with the long-term technical quality of the systems
• ▹As a Senior Engineer, guide the team in making informed technical decisions, such as continuous improvement of best practices (test culture, code reviews, monitoring and scalability of tools)

Requirements

• ▹Exposure to architectural patterns of a large, high-scale web application (e.g., well-designed APIs, high-volume data pipelines, efficient algorithms)
• ▹Familiar with and willing to support small JS/TS tasks when needed
• ▹Expertise in troubleshooting issues, identifying the root cause, mitigating it, and 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 the squad (1 week every 5 weeks)

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Open, collaborative, dynamic, and diverse culture
• ▹A generous monthly allowance for lessons on Preply.com
• ▹Learning & Development budget and time off for self-development
• ▹A competitive financial package with equity, leave allowance, and health insurance
• ▹Access to free mental health support platforms

About the company

Preply is a language-learning platform where 90,000+ tutors have delivered over 20 million lessons to learners in more than 175 countries. The company builds human-led, AI-enhanced learning experiences.