Senior Platform Software Engineer

Preply Inc.
Oxford, UK
28 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Build Automation Cloud Computing Computer Programming Distributed Systems Python (Programming Language) Software Engineering SQL Databases System Software Web Application Frameworks Data Analytics Programming Languages

Job description

The Software Platform Engineer at Preply combines software engineering practices with cloud infrastructure, distributed systems patterns, storage systems and observability to deliver on a wide range of projects - ranging from tooling to core Platform services which serve production traffic. In this role, you will collaborate closely with other teams, sharing knowledge to deliver on projects.

  • Own the availability and performance of mission-critical services and build automation to prevent problems recurrence.
  • Improve the system’s scalability, observability, and alerting.
  • Build tooling to improve our platform and accelerate the overall software development.
  • Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems.
  • Collaborate with product teams to help them tackle technical issues and design new systems.
  • Strengthen credibility with the quality of the team’s technical execution.
  • Follow the best FinOps practices.
  • Participate in on-call rotation across the team.

Requirements

  • Expertise in designing, building, maintaining and troubleshooting high traffic distributed systems.
  • Proficient software engineering skills. Strong coding experience in one or more programming languages (preferably Python).
  • Experience with at least one major public cloud, its services and infrastructure (preferably AWS).
  • Experience in implementing observability and alerting.
  • Willingness to participate on 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.

Benefits & conditions

  • Open, collaborative, dynamic and diverse culture.
  • Generous monthly allowance for lessons on Preply.com.
  • Learning & Development budget, including time off for your self-development.
  • Competitive financial package with equity, and leave allowance.

About the company

  • Opportunity to shape the lives of learners and tutors from over 175 countries through language learning and teaching.
  • Care to change the world - We are passionate about our work and care deeply about its impact to be life changing.
  • We do it for learners - For both Preply and tutors, learners are why we do what we do. Every day we focus on empowering tutors to deliver an exceptional learning experience.
  • Keep perfecting - To create an outstanding customer experience, we focus on simplicity, smoothness, and enjoyment, continually perfecting it as every detail matters.
  • Now is the time - In a fast-paced world, it matters how quickly we act. Now is the time to make great things happen.
  • Disciplined execution - What makes us disciplined is the excellence in our execution. We set clear goals, focus on what matters, and utilize our resources efficiently.
  • Dive deep - We leverage business acumen and curiosity to investigate disparities between numbers and stories, unlocking meaningful insights to guide our decisions.
  • Growth mindset - We proactively seek growth opportunities and believe today’s best performance becomes tomorrow’s starting point. We humbly embrace feedback and learn from setbacks.
  • Raise the bar - We raise our performance standards continuously, alongside each new hire and promotion. We build diverse and high-performing teams that can make a real difference.
  • Challenge, disagree and commit - We value open and candid communication, even when we don’t fully agree. We speak our minds, challenge when necessary, and fully commit to decisions once made.
  • One Preply - We prioritize collaboration, inclusion, and the success of our team over personal ambitions. Together, we support and celebrate each other’s progress., Preply is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. Different opinions and viewpoints are key ingredients in our success as a multicultural Ed-Tech company.

Preply will consider all applications for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or veteran status. Together, we are The World Class. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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