Engineering Manager for Martech team

Preply; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Preply seeks an Engineering Manager for the MarTech team to lead engineers, set strategic direction, and drive AI-enabled marketing initiatives. You will collaborate with Marketing, Product, and Data to optimize campaigns and measurement across platforms.

The role emphasizes ownership, mentorship, and delivering scalable solutions in a fast-growth environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering teams in a fast-growing tech company.
• Ability to coach engineers through feedback and career development.
• Proven track record in setting vision and strategy for teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow high-performing engineering teams, building a culture of ownership and technical excellence.
• Coach and develop engineers through regular feedback and mentorship.
• 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.

Skills

Engineering management

Leadership

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Python/Django

CI/CD

Monitoring & metrics

Job description

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 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 marketi