AI Talent Accelerator (6-month internship)

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.

About The Program

Preply AI Talent Accelerator is Preply's first engineering internship — a 6-month paid program for AI-native builders at the very start of their careers. You will join one product team as a contributing engineer, work on real problems on the same roadmap as everyone else, and ship an AI-driven project that reaches millions of language learners and tutors worldwide.

We're selecting 5 interns for the first cohort. Top performers will be considered for reserved junior engineering positions at the end of the program.

Check out more information about the internship and the selection process here: https://preply.com/en/careers/aitalentaccelerator

What You'll Do

• Month 1 — Onboard and contribute Learn your team's domain and codebase while shipping small, real tasks from the team roadmap.
• Weeks 6–8 — Scope your AI project With your dedicated mentor, define a one-page project brief: the problem, why AI-driven, the success metric, the milestones.
• Months 2–5.5 — Build and ship Execute your project alongside regular team roadmap work. A meaningful, measurable result in production by :month 5.5.
• Month 6 — Final Weeks & Demo Day Present your project results to a committee of Preply directors and the CTO. Top performers will receive full-time junior engineering offers.
  
  

What You'll Get

• Paid internship — do real engineering work on a real roadmap.
• Dedicated mentor on your team + program-level mentorship group with bi-weekly check-ins.
• Frontier AI stack — agents, LLM pipelines, AI-first workflows inside a company that ships AI to production daily.
• Product work at scale — build features for a global ed-tech product with 150,000+ tutors and millions of learners from 180 countries.
• Compounding skills — production engineering + AI research mindset + product thinking, compressed into six months.
• Opportunity to become a Prepler – top performers will receive full-time junior engineering offers.
  
  

Who We're Looking For

• 3rd–6th year university student in a technical field (mathematics, computer science, physics) — or a recent graduate — or up to 2 years of work experience;
• Working knowledge of at least one language: Python, Java, Go, JavaScript, or similar
• English proficiency at B2 or above;
• AI-native: you reach for AI by default — coding agents, LLM APIs, and AI-first workflows are how you naturally build, not a novelty;
• Have wins or strong results in olympiads, AI/informatics competitions, or hackathons;
• Open source contributions or a portfolio of shipped personal projects;
• Based in Ukraine and able to commit to a 28–40-hour-per-week internship (ideally, full-time).
  
  

Key dates

Applications open – September 15, 2026

Application deadline – October 2, 2026

Offers extended – October 14, 2026

Start Date – October 19, 2026

Quick heads up

• Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. We start screening from the first day applications open. The earlier you apply, the faster you move through the process.
• The entire selection process is conducted in English. Business communication at Preply is in English, so this is also a signal we assess throughout.
• All communication from us will come via email. Once you apply, please check your inbox regularly (including your spam/junk folder).
  
  

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 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 high-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.