Staff Back-end Engineer

Barcelona, Remote. Posted 10 months ago

The role

You will act as a high-impact individual contributor to shape technical strategy and drive execution. You will lead architecture and platform evolution while mentoring engineers and raising engineering excellence across the organization.

What you will do

Shape technical strategy and drive execution
Partner with Engineering and Product leadership to define technical roadmaps
Lead end-to-end strategic initiatives from ideation to delivery
Act as a key architect for system evolution and scalable platforms
Drive migrations and deprecations
Improve developer experience and team productivity
Champion high engineering standards through RFCs and post-mortems
Mentor Senior Engineers, Tech Leads, and Engineering Managers
Contribute to hiring
Own critical technical decisions and build-vs-buy trade-offs

Required qualifications

Solid background in software engineering and architecture
Experience designing and evolving large-scale systems
Hands-on, strategic mindset
Ability to influence and align multiple teams
Product-minded engineering approach
Ability to move between feature development, system design, and architecture
Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
Experience raising the bar across teams through mentoring and hiring
Comfort operating in evolving environments
Hands on experience as a forefront user of Agentic AI

Benefits

Open, collaborative, dynamic, and diverse culture
Monthly allowance for lessons on Preply.com
Learning & Development budget
Time off for self-development
Competitive financial package with equity
Leave allowance
Health insurance
Relocation package to Barcelona Hub
Free mental health support platforms
Access to Gympass-partnered wellness and gym centers throughout Spain

About the company

Preply is a category-defining Ed-Tech company that helps people discover tutors and craft personalized learning journeys. The company has reached unicorn status with a $150M Series D.