Joining Busuu means being part of one of the top EdTech companies in the world, a multiple award winner recognised for its innovation and impact in language learning.
Busuus vision is to empower people through languages. We are the worlds largest online community for language learning, with 120+ million registered users. We make learning a language easy by combining AI powered courses with feedback from our global community of native speakers and lesson content designed for real life.
Busuu is part of the global Chegg family. Chegg is the leading student first connected learning platform and a NYSE listed company.
What does a Platform Engineer do at Busuu?
As a Platform Engineer you will be working on a new and exciting initiative at Busuu. You will work on features from ideation, implementation, and release collaborating with all departments of the company. Once released to users your work will be seen by millions and from there you will measure, evaluate, and evolve what you just released.
Our platform runs in a distributed system architecture where development teams work with Node.js (TypeScript), following best coding standards and hexagonal architecture with Domain Driven Design. We embrace event driven architecture patterns using message brokers and event streaming. Our infrastructure is cloud native, leveraging AWS services and following infrastructure as code principles. We practice DevOps and GitOps methodologies with a strong focus on automation and observability. Working at scale presents exciting challenges, and we''re looking for someone passionate about solving complex problems and building robust, scalable solutions.
What makes a great Platform Engineer at Busuu?
Must have skills:
* AWS cloud expertise with focus on cloud native services
* DevOps mindset with CI/CD experience (GitHub, ArgoCD) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Terragrunt)
* Kubernetes expertise in container orchestration and cluster management
* Network engineering skills including load balancers, CDN, Istio, and security patterns
* Experience with observability platforms (OpenTelemetry) and distributed systems
Nice to have skills:
* Python programming and Linux system debugging
* Database administration (SQL, MongoDB, Redis)
* Message broker and event streaming experience (Kafka)
* Database performance optimisation skills
At Busuu we want to ensure that you have access to some great benefits:
1. Our centrally located offices are well equipped with free breakfast, plenty of snacks, fresh fruit, and free dinner of your choice if you need to stay late
2. Busuu offers a great Private Health Insurance scheme
3. There is a personal training budget just for you, so you can learn more in your field to ensure our emplo