Engineering Manager for Martech team

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 https://medium.com/preply-engineering/how-we-drove-90-adoption-of-ai-coding-and-what-we-learned-c0e422784e5c 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 https://medium.com/preply-engineering. Please, also visit our Tech Radar https://tech-radar.preply.com/?_ga=2.72086362.855941533.1670530539-1369760810.1670530539 and our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@Preplyengineering-ie3bb to learn more about the technologies we use at Preply! WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN ENGINEERING MANAGER TO JOIN THE MARTECH TEAM. Preply invests heavily in marketing to reach learners around the world. Our MarTech teams make that investment go further, building tools to automate campaigns, create content at scale, and measure what works across paid marketing, SEO, and AI Search. As an Engineering Manager in MarTech, you’ll lead engineers building these platforms and help shape their technical direction. Working closely with Marketing, Product, and Data, you’ll solve complex problems with a direct impact on business growth. WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING: - Lead and grow high-performing engineering teams, building a culture of ownership, collaboration, and technical excellence. - Coach and develop engineers through regular feedback, mentorship, and career development, creating an environment where people can grow and take ownership. - Set the vision and strategy for your teams, shaping how technology, data, and AI help Preply scale marketing, acquisition, and measurement. - Identify and prioritise high-impact opportunities, partnering with Product, Marketing, and Data to focus on initiatives that improve marketing efficiency and drive business growth. - Own execution and delivery, turning strategy into clear, realistic plans and balancing speed, quality, and reliability. - Provide technical leadership, guiding system design and architectural decisions, diving into complex problems, and helping teams navigate trade-offs. - Champion engineering best practices, improving code quality, reliability, observability, security, and development processes. - Partner across Marketing, SEO, Brand, Product, Data, and Legal, aligning on priorities and outcomes while ensuring reliable tracking, high-quality data, and responsible handling of privacy and consent. WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED - Engineering and management experience: A strong software engineering background and 4+ years of experience leading and developing engineering teams, with a track record of delivering business-critical products or platforms. - Relevant domain experience: Experience in MarTech, AdTech, Growth, tracking and attribution, paid marketing, or SEO platforms. We’re also open to related experience building data-intensive systems, automation, or platforms that support marketing and business teams. - People leadership and team building: A passion for building high-performing teams and helping people grow. You create clear expectations, give actionable feedback, and support engineers through coaching, mentorship, and career development. - Strong technical judgment and systems thinking: You’re comfortable guiding architectural discussions, evaluating technical trade-offs, and partnering with senior engineers on technical strategy. You know when to seek more input and when to make a decision and give clear direction. - Product and business partnership: You work closely with Product, Marketing, and Data to identify opportunities, set priorities, and drive measurable outcomes. You connect technical decisions to customer needs and business goals. - Strong execution and focus on results: You turn broad goals into realistic plans, manage dependencies, and help teams achieve ambitious, measurable outcomes while balancing speed, quality, and reliability. - Clear communication and thoughtful leadership: You explain complex topics simply, bring stakeholders together around decisions, and lead with empathy, transparency, and accountability. You create an environment where people feel safe to challenge ideas, learn, and take ownership. WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT AT PREPLY: - An open, collaborative, dynamic and diverse culture. - A generous monthly allowance for lessons on Preply.com http://Preply.com, Learning & Development budget and time off for your self-development. - A competitive financial package with equity, leave allowance and health insurance. - Not in Barcelona? We offer an attractive relocation package to join us in our Preply Barcelona Hub. - Access to free mental health support platforms. - Access to Gympass-partnered wellness and gym centers throughout Spain to promote and support well-being and physical health. - The opportunity to shape the lives of learners and tutors through language learning and teaching in 175 countries (and counting!). OUR PRINCIPLES - 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. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION Preply.com http://Preply.com is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people of diverse backgrounds can thrive. We believe that the presence of different opinions and viewpoints is a key ingredient for our success as a multicultural Ed-Tech company. That means that 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.