Preply
Engineering Manager
Part remote, part office, you need to live within commuting distance of a named location.
Hybrid · London
Employer listed it 5 weeks ago · Added yesterday
Been open since 5 weeks ago, still being checked, but it has been live a while.
Salary
Not stated
Location
Hybrid · London
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Mid
Category
Software
This employer didn't state pay. Jobs like this usually pay around $165k–$260k a year, a typical range taken from 595 mid-level software roles on Nomaders that do state pay. It's a guide, not an offer.
Remote flexibility
Hybrid
This role is only partly remote, the employer expects time in the office around London, Hybrid, so you need to live within commuting distance.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "London, Hybrid"
- Listing mentions "Hybrid"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Not suitable if you plan to move between countries
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About 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.
Meet the Team!
At Preply, we build scalable and reliable applications using Python/Django, with a strong focus on data, A/B testing, and feedback from students and tutors to guide our decisions. We prioritize product quality through robust monitoring, metrics analysis, and continuous optimization. Thanks to our advanced CI/CD processes, we release code 50–60 times per day.
We’ve reached 90%+ adoption of AI coding tools across engineering, and we’re now moving towards more autonomous, AI-Augmented development at scale. At Preply, engineers have direct access to the best tools available, with the freedom to use them fully and experiment as they build.
As a fast-growing company, we face a wide range of technical challenges, giving our engineers plenty of opportunities to grow and make an impact, some of which we even share on our Engineering Blog . Please, also visit our Tech Radar and our YouTube channel to learn more about the technologies we use at Preply!
We're looking for an Engineering Manager to join one of 2 high-impact tribes at Preply:
Growth Tribe - owns a significant part of the learner journey, from helping students discover value on Preply and successfully start learning, to driving subscription conversion, engagement, retention, and long-term learner success.
Monetization Tribe is the center of Preply’s economic engine, owning the systems and experiences that drive how learners purchase, how tutors earn, and how the marketplace grows. From subscriptions, bookings, and payments to pricing, commissions, and tutor business tools, your teams’ work has a direct impact on revenue, retention, and marketplace health.
As an Engineering Manager , you'll help shape the strategy, execution, and growth of teams working on products that directly impact millions of learners worldwide.
What you’ll be doing:
Lead and grow high-performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.
Coach and develop engineers, support them through regular feedback, mentorship, and career development, while creating an inclusive and collaborative team environment.
Define and drive long-term vision, set the strategy for your teams, ensuring perfect alignment with company objectives and product priorities.
Identify and prioritize high-impact opportunities, partner closely with Product, Data, and Design to ensure teams focus on initiatives that deliver the greatest customer and business value.
Own execution and delivery. Balance speed, quality, and reliability while ensuring teams consistently achieve desired outcomes.
Provide technical leadership, guide system design and architectural decisions, help teams navigate trade-offs, and remove technical obstacles.
Champion engineering best practices. Drive continuous improvements in code quality, operational excellence, development processes, and technology evolution.
Collaborate cross-functionally, work with stakeholders across the broader business to maximize impact and align on priorities, strategy, and outcomes.
What you need to succeed
3-5+ years of experience in building, leading, and scaling development teams
People-Centric Approach and Team Building Skills: a passion for building high-performing teams and helping people grow. You know how to create alignment, foster psychological safety, provide actionable feedback, and develop engineers through coaching and mentorship.
Requirements
The employer hasn't listed requirements separately, they're described in the role summary above and on the original listing.
Benefits
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How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, hybrid, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Preply, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 1d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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