Senior Engineering Manager - Martech in City of London

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! Preply is one of the largest advertisers in the EdTech space. Our Marketing Operations span dozens of languages, millions of creatives, and multiple acquisition channels. To run this engine efficiently, responsibly, and at scale, we rely on world‑class marketing infrastructure. Within the Martech team, our mission is to improve the lives of our students and tutors. We enable exceptional learning outcomes for learners and help tutors thrive financially on the platform - while generating sustainable business value for Preply. We believe long‑term business success is only possible when our students and tutors succeed first.

As a Senior Engineering Manager for the Martech product, you’ll lead two squads (Scale and Tracking), owning the growth platforms that empower our Marketing and Growth teams to operate at full potential. Your teams will scale acquisition and conversion across Performance Marketing, SEO, and AI Search by building self‑serve tools, automation, and AI‑powered solutions on top of a robust, compliant tracking stack. You’ll work cross‑functionally with Performance Marketing, SEO, Brand, Data, and Product teams to turn ideas into scalable, repeatable systems, ultimately enabling more learners to achieve their goals through personalized, high‑quality learning on Preply.

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!

What you’ll be doing

• Own the Martech domain as a multi‑squad area.
• Set the long‑term vision and strategy for how Preply uses technology, data and AI to scale acquisition, conversion and measurement across all growth channels.
• Lead the evolution of Martech into a multi‑team area by defining the future org design for Scale and Tracking, and preparing the organization to spin out additional squads in 2026.
• Dive deep into complex problems while influencing senior stakeholders and aligning them around clear, data‑driven decisions and trade‑offs.
• Create the conditions for autonomous and high‑performing teams by bringing clear expectations, strong feedback culture, high‑quality standards and disciplined use of engineering metrics.
• Grow and inspire leaders in your area by setting development goals, mentor on both technical and leadership topics, and build a strong bench of successors as the organisation grows.
• Champion engineering best practices across the stack and ensure strong reliability, observability and security, while driving disciplined execution, high code quality and sustained technical excellence.
• Partner closely with Marketing Specialists, Brand, Product, Data, and Legal teams to co‑own outcomes across growth and measurement, ensuring effective acquisition, high‑quality tracking and data, strong consent opt‑in rates, and robust compliance readiness.
• Ensure strong execution by turning strategy into a clear, realistic plan, aligning teams and stakeholders on priorities.

What you need to succeed

• Background: Degree in computer science, data science, mathematics, or a related field.
• Experience: You bring 7+ years of experience in software engineering, including 4+ years in engineering management, with a track record of owning strategic, business‑critical domains and working hand in hand with senior engineers, Tech Leads, and other managers.
• MarTech expertise: You have meaningful experience working in Growth, MarTech, AdTech or SEO platforms, partnering closely with Performance Marketing, SEO and Brand teams.
• Technical depth: You are comfortable challenging system and data architecture, spotting strategic technical debt, and guiding teams through trade‑offs between speed, robustness, cost and complexity, with a strong preference for building scalable, self‑serve services over one‑off solutions.
• People‑Centric Approach and Team Building Skills: We’re looking for an individual with a passion for building strong, results‑oriented teams and utilizing a team‑based approach as a primary means of achieving results.
• Provide technical expertise: Driving engineering best practices, adoption of tools, and alignment with architectural standards.
• Results‑Oriented: Driving performance. Motivate team on setting and achieving ambitious, business‑focused, and measurable goals.
• Ethical Leadership: Lead the team by example, demonstrating unwavering commitment to ethical behavior and integrity. Being a moral compass of a team, instills a culture that values honesty, fairness, and transparency in all engineering endeavors.

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;
• Access to free mental health support platforms;
• 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 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 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 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.