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Senior Engineering Manager (GenAI & Agentic Platforms)

preplyBarcelonaEngineering
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Salary
Not listed
Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Senior · 8+ yrs
Posted
28 Sept 2026
Status
Open · checked 8d ago

About this role

Based in Barcelona, the Senior Engineering Manager role at Preply involves leading two engineering teams responsible for Generative AI and Agentic platforms. This position suits an experienced technical manager with a background in platform engineering and production AI systems who wants to shape the future of human-led, AI-enhanced learning at scale.

Role Overview

Preply is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager for GenAI and Agentic Platforms to lead a group of approximately 8 to 12 engineers across two teams. The GenAI Platform owns shared model access, routing, evaluation, observability, retrieval, grounding, and guardrails, while the Agentic Platform builds on those foundations with durable execution, tools, state, context, memory, permissions, and runtime safety. Working alongside a shared Product Manager, the engineering manager sets the long-term vision, guides architecture, and collaborates with stakeholders across product, applied science, data, security, and engineering.

Key Responsibilities

Set the long-term engineering vision for GenAI Platform and the Agentic Platform to ensure they operate as a single, coherent platform.
Partner with the Product Manager across both teams to define outcomes, prioritize investments, and measure platform impact.
Lead and develop approximately 8 to 12 engineers through clear expectations, feedback, performance management, career growth, and coaching.
Own hiring quality, team composition, evolving team boundaries, and operating models.
Guide architecture across model access, evaluation, observability, retrieval, agent orchestration, tools, state, memory, permissions, and control planes.
Translate strategy into realistic plans, balancing foundational investment with near-term product needs while maintaining speed, quality, and predictability.
Align senior stakeholders across product, applied science, data, security, and engineering on platform standards, build-versus-buy decisions, and shared priorities.

Requirements

8+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in engineering management and experience leading multiple teams or a multi-squad technical area.
A track record of hiring, coaching, and retaining high-performing teams.
Strong technical depth in platform engineering, backend or distributed systems, ML infrastructure, or developer infrastructure.
Practical experience with production GenAI or Agentic systems and the ability to reason about model access, evaluation, observability, retrieval, agent orchestration, tool use, state, permissions, reliability, cost, and safety.
Use of Agentic AI beyond code generation to support architecture, planning, and decision-making while retaining human judgment.
Experience leading platform products with an instinct for self-service, API design, developer experience, and adoption.
Clear communication and stakeholder leadership to align teams with different incentives and make sound decisions with incomplete information.

Nice to Have

Experience managing teams that built AI or ML platforms used by multiple teams.
Experience with agent frameworks or durable workflow technologies such as LangGraph, OpenAI Agents SDK, or Temporal.
Hands-on familiarity with GenAI evaluation and observability, prompt or model lifecycle, retrieval systems, multi-provider routing, or open-model serving.
Experience making build-versus-buy decisions without locking the organization into one provider or framework.
Experience measuring platform success through adoption, customer outcomes, and engineering leverage.

Skills and Tools

LangGraph
OpenAI Agents SDK
Temporal
Generative AI evaluation and observability tools
Retrieval systems
Multi-provider routing and open-model serving

Salary and Benefits

A competitive financial package with equity, leave allowance, and health insurance.
A generous monthly allowance for lessons on Preply, learning and development budget, and time off for self-development.
An attractive relocation package to join the Barcelona hub for candidates not currently located in Barcelona.
Access to free mental health support platforms.
Access to Gympass-partnered wellness and gym centers throughout Spain.

About the Company

Preply has reached unicorn status with a 150 million dollar Series D funding round, transforming education through human-led, AI-enhanced learning. Today, over 100,000 tutors teach more than 90 languages to learners across 180 countries. The company operates on core principles that include caring to change the world, focusing on learners, perfecting details, disciplined execution, deep investigation, a growth mindset, raising the bar, and challenging and committing.

How to Apply

Apply directly on the official Preply careers page.

Skills and tech stack

LangGraphOpenAI Agents SDKTemporalDistributed Systems

Questions candidates ask

Where is this job located?

This role is based in Barcelona at the Preply hub, with relocation packages available for candidates applying from outside Barcelona.

How many direct reports will this manager have?

The manager will lead approximately 8 to 12 engineers across two teams.

What level of experience is required?

Candidates need 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in engineering management with multi-team leadership experience.

What platforms will this engineering manager oversee?

The manager will lead the GenAI Platform and the Agentic Platform.

Are relocation packages offered?

Yes, Preply offers an attractive relocation package to join the Barcelona Hub for candidates not currently in Barcelona.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official preply careers page.

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