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Preply is a unicorn edtech platform (Series D, $150M) that connects 100,000+ tutors teaching 90+ languages to learners across 180 countries. The Data Ingestion and Enrichment team builds the trusted, scalable data foundation powering analytics, machine learning, and product features.
As a Data Engineer, you'll own critical components of Preply's data lake and ingestion infrastructure. Your responsibilities include:
**Core Responsibilities:**
- Build and maintain production-grade data lake components with clear ownership, schemas, and quality expectations
- Design and operate reliable batch and streaming ingestion pipelines supporting both real-time and analytical use cases
- Implement data contracts between producers and consumers, covering schema, freshness, volume, and quality guarantees
- Develop enrichment logic that joins, standardizes, and contextualizes data across domains with historical tracking and point-in-time correctness
- Instrument pipelines with strong observability (freshness, latency, quality, cost) and contribute to SLOs and incident response
- Apply governance, access control, and privacy protections at ingestion time
- Enable self-service data onboarding through standardized templates and platform tooling
- Collaborate closely with Product, Backend, Analytics, and ML teams to align on requirements and trade-offs
**Required Experience:**
- Hands-on experience building large-scale applications (data pipelines, APIs, algorithms)
- Platform or data engineering team experience in multi-stakeholder environments
- Cloud platform proficiency (AWS/GCP) and modern DevOps practices
- Real-time and batch pipeline design using Spark, Flink, Kafka, Debezium, or similar
- Orchestration tools (Airflow, dbt, or equivalent)
- Strong problem-solving, proactive mindset, and continuous improvement focus
- Excellent cross-functional communication (English B2+)
**Why Join:**
Preply offers a collaborative, diverse culture; generous learning allowance and L&D budget; competitive compensation with equity; relocation support to Barcelona; mental health support; and wellness benefits through Gympass.
