Senior Platform Software Engineer

Preply Inc.
Barcelona, Spain
14 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience required
8 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Computing Platforms Cloud Computing Decision Support Systems Distributed Systems Python (Programming Language) Software Engineering SQL Databases System Software Web Application Frameworks Data Analytics

Job description

OverviewAs a Software Platform Engineer at Preply, you will own the availability and performance of mission-critical services while expanding platform tooling and automation.You will work closely with cross-functional teams to improve scalability, observability, and incident response, shaping core services used by production traffic.The role blends software engineering with cloud infrastructure in a dynamic, supportive environment that values growth andMentorship.You’ll contribute to a high-uptime, cost-conscious platform that powers learning experiences across 175+ countries.Compensaciones / BeneficiosGenerous monthly lesson allowanceLearning & Development budgetCompetitive package with equityLeave allowanceResponsabilidadesOwn availability and performance of mission-critical services and automate issue preventionImprove scalability, observability, and alerting of the systemBuild tooling to enhance the platform and accelerate software developmentPractice blameless postmortems and sustain incident responseCollaborate with product teams to tackle technical issues and design new systemsStrengthen the teams credibility through high-quality technical executionFollow FinOps practicesParticipate in on-call rotation across the teamRequisitos principalesExtensive experience (~8 years) in designing, building, maintaining and troubleshooting high-traffic distributed systemsProficient software engineering skills with strong coding in one or more languages (preferably Python)Experience with at least one major public cloud and its services (preferably AWS)Experience implementing observability and alertingWillingness to participate in paid on-call rotationsBusiness orientation and data-driven approachNice to have: knowledge of modern web frameworks; SQL and relational DBsStrong communication skillsMinimum B2 English levelStrong communicationCollaborative mindsetData-driven decision makingPythonAWSObservability and alerting

Requirements

Requisitos principalesExtensive experience (~8 years) in designing, building, maintaining and troubleshooting high-traffic distributed systems Proficient software engineering skills with strong coding in one or more languages (preferably Python) Experience with at least one major public cloud and its services (preferably AWS) Experience implementing observability and alerting Willingness to participate in paid on-call rotations Business orientation and data-driven approach Nice to have: knowledge of modern web frameworks; SQL and relational DBs Strong communication skills Minimum B2 English level Strong communication Collaborative mindset Data-driven decision making Python AWS Observability and alerting

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