Senior Backend‑Focused Full-Stack Engineer

Preply; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health insurance

Learning & development budget

Job summary

Preply is seeking a Senior II Full Stack Engineer to join a fast-growing, globally distributed team in a backend-heavy role. You will own backend and contribute to frontend work in React/TypeScript while shaping architectural direction and driving impactful product outcomes.

You’ll collaborate with Product, Data, and UX teammates to deliver scalable systems, leverage AI tools for development, and mentor engineers to raise the bar. English proficiency at or above B2 is expected.

Qualifications

• Strong backend engineering experience in scalable web apps.
• Experience with Python/Django backend and React/TypeScript frontend.
• Ability to design and evolve large-scale APIs and systems.
• Mentor engineers and raise engineering standards.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve scalable backend services using Python/Django.
• Develop frontend experiences in React/Typescript and contribute to UI best practices.
• Lead initiatives from discovery to deployment with ownership across lifecycle.
• Drive engineering excellence through code reviews and architecture discussions.
• Partner with product, data, and UX to drive measurable outcomes.
• Shape architectural direction to improve scalability, reliability, and maintainability.

Skills

Backend engineering

Python/Django

React/TypeScript

System design

Mentorship

Tools

CI/CD tools

Observability tooling

AI tooling

Job description

Preply is seeking a Senior II Full Stack Engineer to join a fast-growing, globally distributed team in a backend-heavy role. You will own backend and contribute to frontend work in React/TypeScript while shaping architectural direction and driving impactful product outcomes.

You’ll collaborate with Product, Data, and UX teammates to deliver scalable systems, leverage AI tools for development, and mentor engineers to raise the bar. English proficiency at or above B2 is expected.