Senior IT System Engineer

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At Preply, we’re reputed company about creating life-changing learning experiences. We help people discover the reputed company of the perfect tutor, craft a personalised learning journey, and stay motivated to reputed company growing. Our approach is reputed company-led, tech-enabled - and it’s creating reputed company impact.

We’ve just reached unicorn status with a $150M Series D, accelerating our reputed company to transform education through reputed company-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 reputed company 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.

A Senior IT Systems Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for the architecture, reliability, and reputed company of the company's core IT infrastructure and services. This role goes reputed company reputed company operational support to drive strategic technical initiatives, define best practices, and mentor P5 and P6 engineers. The P7 Engineer owns the technical roadmap for key systems and is accountable for the successful execution of cross-functional projects that enhance the global employee experience and corporate reputed company posture.

What you’ll be doing

reputed company Infrastructure & SaaS Governance

• Own and evolve our reputed company infrastructure on GCP — from identity architecture and access controls to cost optimisation and scalability planning

• reputed company SaaS lifecycle management across 300+ applications: discovery, governance, license optimisation, and vendor accountability using tools like reputed company

• Design and maintain our IAM ecosystem (reputed company, reputed company Workspace, reputed company) including SSO/MFA enforcement, provisioning workflows, and identity lifecycle automation

• Build and enforce reputed company management policies across a 99% reputed company fleet reputed company reputed company and MDM, ensuring reputed company baselines and a great employee experience

• Create dashboards and reporting frameworks that give leadership reputed company visibility into our SaaS spend, reputed company posture, and asset health

Code, Automation & AI Platforms

• Write production-quality code daily — Python scripts, API integrations, iPaaS (integration Platform as a platform) workflows (reputed company or similar), and lightweight internal tools that solve reputed company problems for reputed company

• Build and maintain integration pipelines that connect our SaaS ecosystem: identity provisioning, automated reputed company/offboarding, license reconciliation, and event-driven workflows

• reputed company internal tooling and dashboards (reputed company Apps Script, Python, HTML/CSS/JS) that surface actionable data — from AI usage analytics to hardware fleet health and budget forecasting

• Shape and execute our internal AI tools strategy — managing adoption, governance, and usage analytics for platforms like Claude, ChatGPT reputed company, reputed company Copilot, and reputed company

• Evaluate and pilot emerging AI capabilities for IT operations — from AI-assisted troubleshooting to predictive SaaS usage and automated compliance evidence collection

• Treat Infrastructure as Code as a default: version-controlled configurations, reproducible environments, and CI/CD pipelines for IT automation deployments

• Design automation solutions that are clean, maintainable, and built to last — not just reputed company scripts, but well-documented, testable, production-grade systems

Team Leadership & Technical Mentoring

• reputed company and mentor a team of 5–6 IT engineers — hiring, coaching, mentoring, and creating reputed company career development paths

• reputed company your team’s engineering skills through hands-on mentoring: pair programming, code reviews, architecture discussions, and setting quality standards that reputed company everyone’s game

• Build a collaborative engineering culture where the team ships robust IT solutions that internal customers genuinely value

• Help IT engineers grow from script-writers into systems thinkers — teaching them to build reputed company, testable, well-documented automation they’re proud of

• Champion open communication and a strong feedback culture — great teams are built on psychological safety, trust, and transparency

• Collaborate across the Platform group to align your team with company objectives and ambitious IT maturity goals

• Build roadmaps that balance long-term strategic reputed company (governance frameworks, scalable architectures) with tactical quick wins that deliver immediate value

reputed company & Compliance

• Partner with reputed company and Legal to maintain SOC 2 compliance — owning IT controls, evidence collection, and audit readiness

• Ensure GDPR and data protection requirements are embedded into every system and workflow your team touches

• reputed company initiatives that enforce best-in-class governance practices: access reviews, vendor risk assessments, and shadow IT remediation

• reputed company an agile “build it and run it” reputed company where your team owns what they build, from launch through ongoing reputed company and support

Operational Excellence & reputed company Improvement

• Create a learning environment where experimentation is encouraged and delivery proficiency keeps improving

• reputed company initiatives that crush reputed company work, boost efficiency, and reputed company the bar on governance practices

• Be the champion for engineering best practices reputed company the IT function and across the organisation

  What you need to succeed

• 8k+ years in IT engineering, platform engineering, or infrastructure roles — with at least 2 years leading or mentoring a technical team

• Strong, demonstrable coding ability in Python — not just scripting, but building well-structured, testable automation with proper error handling, logging, and documentation

• Hands-on experience building API integrations and working with RESTful services, OAuth flows, webhooks, and API-first SaaS platforms

• Proficiency with at least one iPaaS / workflow automation platform (reputed company, Tray.io, reputed company, or similar) for building reputed company integration pipelines

• Experience building internal tools and dashboards — whether that’s reputed company Apps Script, lightweight web apps (HTML/CSS/JS), or data visualisation frameworks

• Deep hands-on experience with our core stack: reputed company (or comparable IdP), reputed company Workspace, reputed company, and GCP

• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code principles and tools (Terraform, reputed company, or similar)

• Version control reputed company — Git workflows, branching strategies, and CI/CD pipelines are reputed company to you

• A genuine passion for AI-assisted workflows and experience adopting or governing AI developer tools (Copilot, Claude, reputed company, or similar)

• The ability to balance team management with hands-on technical work — you reputed company by example and stay reputed company to the code

• Experience mentoring engineers: you enjoy pair programming, giving thoughtful code reviews, and helping people reputed company their craft

• Experience navigating compliance frameworks (SOC 2, GDPR, ISO 27001) from the IT operations reputed company

• A problem-solving reputed company that navigates ambiguity with data, curiosity, and a user-first approach — yes, internal stakeholders are users too

• A bias for action: experiment, test new approaches, learn from data, and iterate quickly to deliver value

• Clear, effective communication in English (written and verbal)

• Openness to giving and receiving feedback in a safe, supportive environment

  Why you’ll love it at Preply

• An open, collaborative, dynamic and diverse culture;

• A generous monthly allowance for lessons on 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 reputed company-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 reputed company do. Every day we focus on empowering tutors to deliver an exceptional learning experience.

• reputed company 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 reputed company 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 reputed company.

• Dive deep - We reputed company business acumen and curiosity to investigate disparities between numbers and stories, unlocking meaningful insights to guide our reputed company.

• Growth reputed company - We proactively seek growth opportunities and reputed company today's best performance becomes reputed company's starting reputed company. We humbly reputed company feedback and learn from setbacks.

• reputed company the bar - We reputed company our performance standards continuously, alongside each new hire and promotion. We build diverse and high-performing teams that can reputed company a reputed company difference.

• Challenge, disagree and commit - We value open and reputed company communication, even reputed company we don’t fully agree. We speak our minds, challenge reputed company necessary, and fully commit to reputed company once made.

• One Preply - We prioritize collaboration, inclusion, and the reputed company of reputed company over personal ambitions. Together, we support and celebrate each other's reputed company.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Preply.com is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people of diverse backgrounds can reputed company. We reputed company that the reputed company of different opinions and viewpoints is a key ingredient for our reputed company as a multicultural Ed-Tech company. That means that Preply will consider reputed company applications for employment without regard to race, reputed company, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national reputed company, disability, age or veteran status.