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Associate Product Manager, Intern

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. 🧠 You will... - Lead a specific feature of the app, seeing it through the entire product development cycle, from idea to launch - Conduct research, analyze market trends and data, and develop a product roadmap for a key component of Duolingo’s business - Work closely with UI/UX designers to ensure an excellent user experience - Work with engineers to help guide feature development - Perform quantitative analysis on features’ performance and find opportunities for optimization ✅ You have... - Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in a technical or related field (e.g., Computer Science, HCI, Data Science, Business) with an expected graduation date of Fall 2027 or Spring/Summer 2028 - Demonstrated ability to be inventive and innovative - An instinct for creating simple and intuitive user experiences - Ability to utilize user insights, data, and statistical analyses to inform decisions - Clear communication skills and the ability to explain complex concepts simply - Shown ability to learn fast - Demonstrated leadership skills - A desire to make the world a better place through technology and education - Deadline to apply: October 7, 2026 ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - A GPA of 3.5+ - A Duolingo streak 👀 What you can expect… - Dedicated mentorship and coaching from experienced PMs - A chance to own a real project that impacts millions of learners worldwide - A fun, mission-driven environment, where you’ll have lots of opportunities to grow as a product manager and make meaningful connections with your colleagues ❤️ Why you’ll love working here… - Relocation assistance - Language learning opportunities - Daily catered in-house lunches and breakfast - Company-wide Hackathon - PTO and company holidays - Frequent company-wide dinners, monthly celebrations, social clubs, and so much more! Connect with your recruiter on the benefits for interns at Duolingo! Hourly Range for this internship is: $54 - $56 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanContract
By DuolingoSep 15, 2026

Software Engineer, Intern

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. 🧠 What you'll do... - Contribute to full-stack software projects by developing, testing, and maintaining features and services. - Develop, release, and maintain services and/or infrastructure - Lead individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables - Contribute to code reviews and collaborate across teams to ensure quality and scalability ✅ What we're looking for... - Graduating December 2027 - August 2028 - Pursuing a B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (e.g. math, physics or data science) - Dedication to our mission of universally available education - Programming experience in one or more of the following languages: Java, Python, Kotlin, or Swift. - 12 weeks of consecutive availability - May 24, 2027 - August 13, 2027 - June 14, 2027 - September 3, 2027 - Deadline to apply: September 30, 2026 ⭐ What you can expect... - Close support from your mentor and your team - Working on features and projects that will have real impact for our learners and internal users - A fun, mission-driven environment, where you’ll have lots of opportunities to grow as an engineer and make meaningful connections with your colleagues 👀 Past projects include... - Developing a GPT-4 chat interface for one of our internal tools to streamline content creation - Integrating our A/B testing framework with our observability stack to flag experiments that introduce errors - Spanish audio lessons to improve listening comprehension - Crafting new lessons to teach Coordinates in our Math course - Porting large features to new platforms (iOS, Android, web) - Dashboards and tooling for site reliability insights - Crafting new microservices from scratch ❤️ Past projects include... - Language learning opportunities - Catered in-house lunches, and breakfast and dinner options - Company-wide Hackathon - PTO and company holidays - Frequent company-wide dinners, monthly celebrations, social clubs, and so much more! Connect with your recruiter on the benefits for interns at Duolingo! Hourly Range for this internship is: $54 - $56 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanContract
By DuolingoSep 15, 2026

Senior Android Engineer, Client Platform

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems , running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s both fun and meaningful. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role... As an Android engineer on our Application Stability and Performance team you’ll own the stability and performance of the Duolingo Android Learning app for millions of learners. This team builds the tooling other engineers depend on to keep the app performant like AI agent driven crash and memory analysis, coroutine system tracing, and Macrobenchmark suites that catch regressions before they ship. You'll also own the performance metrics that feed into our experiment analyses and help ensure hundreds of concurrent experiments surface any performance issues or regressions. 🧠 You will... - Lead architectural initiatives to fix the slowest parts of the app, from startup to critical learning flows - Own and evolve our performance tooling with tracing, benchmarking, and automated regression detection - Serve as a bridge between Client Platform and Product feature teams, helping them understand and act on the performance data we provide - Foster a culture of engineering excellence around performance and mentor engineers of all experience levels ✅ You have... - Worked on and shipped large scale Android applications - Experience identifying the root cause and resolving ANRs, memory leaks, dropped frames, and complex crashes - Strong Kotlin skills and deep familiarity with coroutines, Jetpack Compose, and modern architecture patterns - Experience optimizing startup time, memory, and network usage for low-memory devices - Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for tackling difficult challenges ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Expertise in Android tracing tooling like the AndroidX Tracing Library and Perfetto - Experience with crash observability tooling like Sentry and Android Vitals The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $182,800 - $247,300 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 25, 2026

Senior Android Engineer, Client Platform

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems , running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s both fun and meaningful. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role... As an Android engineer on our Application Stability and Performance team you’ll own the stability and performance of the Duolingo Android Learning app for millions of learners. This team builds the tooling other engineers depend on to keep the app performant like AI agent driven crash and memory analysis, coroutine system tracing, and Macrobenchmark suites that catch regressions before they ship. You'll also own the performance metrics that feed into our experiment analyses and help ensure hundreds of concurrent experiments surface any performance issues or regressions. 🧠 You will... - Lead architectural initiatives to fix the slowest parts of the app, from startup to critical learning flows - Own and evolve our performance tooling with tracing, benchmarking, and automated regression detection - Serve as a bridge between Client Platform and Product feature teams, helping them understand and act on the performance data we provide - Foster a culture of engineering excellence around performance and mentor engineers of all experience levels ✅ You have... - Worked on and shipped large scale Android applications - Experience identifying the root cause and resolving ANRs, memory leaks, dropped frames, and complex crashes - Strong Kotlin skills and deep familiarity with coroutines, Jetpack Compose, and modern architecture patterns - Experience optimizing startup time, memory, and network usage for low-memory devices - Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for tackling difficult challenges ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Expertise in Android tracing tooling like the AndroidX Tracing Library and Perfetto - Experience with crash observability tooling like Sentry and Android Vitals The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $182,800 - $247,300 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 25, 2026

Staff Product Researcher

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in! Duolingo’s designers care about creating high-quality experiences that look and feel fun . From animators to writers, product designers to researchers, Design brings purpose, feeling, and delight to every interaction with our brand, inside the app and out. As a designer, you’ll join a culture of creativity and craft, where we have a high bar for excellence and an endless curiosity about how to bring more unexpected quirk and fun to the pursuit of learning. Join us in our mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role... We’re looking to hire a Staff Product Researcher to join our Product Research team to work directly with Designers and Product Managers to help us build a high-quality experience for our learners. You’ll help shape a product used by millions of users around the world by integrating research into Duolingo’s unique product development process and generating insights that guide teams in choosing what to build and how to build it. This is a high-impact, fast-paced role for a mixed-method researcher who can drive clarity in ambiguous spaces, influence product decisions, and deliver actionable insights at the pace of product development. 🧠 You will... - Set research direction with cross-functional partners by identifying the highest-impact questions and translating them into a clear, prioritized research projects - Lead end-to-end research across the product lifecycle; including 0→1 discovery on big bets, concept testing, and post-launch UX/UI iterations - Develop strong product intuition to generate insights and product ideas that connect the learner experience to product strategy, tradeoffs, and measurable outcomes - Build durable visibility for research: establish systems for sharing outputs and deliver regular, decision-focused updates that keep stakeholders aligned - Elevate research impact through leadership beyond your own projects: mentor other researchers, uplevel our research practices, and introduce innovative methods/tooling when it increases speed and rigor ✅ You have... - 8+ years of experience leading product research for consumer-facing digital products, including owning complex problem spaces - Mixed-method, collaborative research experience working with designers and product managers - Experience using AI tools throughout the research process - Demonstrated ability to generate clear and concise insights that deliver successful product outcomes - Experience thriving in high-velocity environments while maintaining strong research rigor and craft ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Experience conducting international research or working with globally diverse audiences - Familiarity with SQL - Experience in consumer tech or gaming The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $181,600 - $272,400 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoSep 2, 2026

Senior Performance Marketing Manager

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... We’re looking for a Senior Performance Marketing Manager to drive Duolingo’s global user acquisition campaigns across multiple channels. In this hands-on role, you’ll be directly responsible for running and optimizing mobile acquisition at scale, supporting an eight-figure annual budget in close partnership with our agency partners and internal teams. This is a unique opportunity to do high-impact, executional work on one of the world’s most beloved and innovative brands, reaching millions of learners worldwide. 🧠 You will... - Own day-to-day execution of global performance marketing campaigns, including setting the creative strategy, with a primary focus on mobile user acquisition and growth. - Strategically run and optimize mobile install campaigns across major platforms, such as Google UAC, Meta. Tiktok, and programmatic partners, focusing on high LTV/CAC, efficient spend, and sustainable global growth. - Manage and hold accountable Duolingo’s performance marketing agency partners, ensuring alignment on goals, pacing, and quality of execution. - Leverage deep, data-driven insights to guide decisions, constantly improving key KPIs like CPI, retention, and monetization metrics. - Collaborate cross-functionally with teams across Marketing Analytics, Creative, Engineering, and Finance to align efforts and maximize impact. - Champion a culture of experimentation, continuously testing new channels, creative approaches, and optimization strategies to unlock new growth opportunities. - Develop and present strategic recommendations to marketing leadership, translating campaign performance into actionable insights and proposals. ✅ You have... - Experience running large-scale, global mobile acquisition campaigns. - Strong analytical skills, with expertise in mobile attribution and marketing analytics. - A successful track record of owning and optimizing large performance marketing budgets with direct, hands-on execution. - Deep knowledge of the mobile user acquisition ecosystem, including platforms, attribution technologies, industry trends, and best practices. - Exceptional ability to translate data into strategy and clearly communicate findings to stakeholders at all levels. - Experience working with and managing agency partners to deliver against performance targets. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Experience in running performance marketing for a top subscription-based mobile app. - Familiarity with incremental measurement methodologies (e.g., geo-lift, incrementality testing, media mix modeling). - A passion about Duolingo’s mission to make education universally accessible. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $142,800 - $193,200 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoSep 2, 2026

Senior Marketing Analytics Manager

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... We are building a world-class marketing organization at Duolingo with the goal to make a significant impact on the company's rapid global growth. For this growing team, we're looking for a curious marketing analytics manager to help us build the foundations of measuring and understanding the impact of our media spend. You will play a key role in enabling data-driven marketing campaigns for Duolingo. 🧠 You will... - Create data-driven insights about the impact of our global performance marketing campaigns - Develop new approaches to grow our user base through data-driven marketing optimization - Partner with our data science team to better understand our new user cohorts and user behaviors - Act as a thought partner in defining marketing key performance indicators and tracking progress against target metrics - Mold data from multiple sources to answer key strategic marketing questions - Partner with marketing tech to influence and prototype backend data design, build intuitive and readable dashboards using visualization tools (e.g., Tableau), and extract actionable insights - Bridge analytics and marketing, speaking both languages ✅ You have... - Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or another related STEM degree field - Experience as a marketing analyst working with data from digital campaigns, including using data to inform strategic campaign decisions - Strong ability to condense complex concepts and analysis into clear and concise takeaways that drive action - Strong expertise using SQL to extract, clean, and transform data in large, complex, nested, databases - Proficiency with data visualization tools such as Tableau or Data Studio for data analysis, insight synthesis and presentation - Demonstrated strong intellectual curiosity - Able to work in our New York office ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Hands-on experience running and optimizing digital app install campaigns - Expertise working with R, Python, or other statistical software - An impressive Duolingo XP or streak! The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $154,700 - $209,300 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 28, 2026

Director of Ad Sales - West

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... Join us to build Duolingo Ads, Duolingo’s direct ad business. Most learners use our free, ad‑supported app—so great ads are core to our mission. We’re hiring a Head of West Coast Sales to open and scale our West Coast region. You will set regional strategy, build and lead a high‑performing team, and own revenue outcomes across priority verticals and agency holding companies. As a player/coach, you’ll cultivate senior‑level relationships, shape pricing and packaging with leadership, and close high‑impact deals that both delight learners and drive revenue while leading a team of sellers. This is a high‑ownership, early‑stage opportunity to help define how ads show up for hundreds of millions of learners while building a repeatable, data‑driven go‑to‑market. 🧠 You will... - Own West Coast revenue targets and forecasting; build a healthy, predictable pipeline across named accounts and agency groups, and deliver against quarterly goals. - Develop and execute the regional go‑to‑market strategy, including territory design, vertical focus, pricing/packaging inputs, and coverage plans as we scale. - Hire, coach, and lead a small team of sellers over time; establish operating rhythms, deal reviews, and CRM hygiene standards that improve forecast accuracy and execution. - Build and deepen senior relationships at brands and agencies; open new logos and expand strategic accounts with clear commercial narratives that map Duolingo’s unique strengths (design, IP, native formats) to client objectives. - Lead complex deals end‑to‑end—from prospecting and positioning through negotiation, close, renewal, and expansion—partnering tightly with Account Management and Ad Ops for flawless delivery. - Share actionable market feedback with sales and product leadership to inform pricing, packaging, measurement, and ad experiences while protecting the learner experience. - Operate with speed and rigor in a startup‑like environment, building repeatable sales motions, outreach cadences, and team practices that scale from 0→1 and 1→N. ✅ You have... - 8+ years of direct digital ad sales experience with a consistent track record of hunting, closing, and renewing in premium mobile or consumer app environments. - Success selling video and native/custom formats and structuring innovative agreements with top‑tier advertisers and agencies. - Proven ability to engage senior decision makers while rolling up your sleeves to build collateral, troubleshoot issues, and drive revenue personally. - Strong understanding of ad tech and mobile app ecosystems, with skill using data to assess performance and inform pricing and packaging. - Excellent communication and presentation skills, and comfort operating with ambiguity at high velocity. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Established relationships across West Coast brand and agency decision makers. - Experience introducing or scaling a new ads product from 0→1 within a publisher or platform environment. - Experience shaping regional GTM, sales process, or coverage models beyond an individual book of business. - Familiarity partnering with Account Management and Ad Ops on native/custom programs and live‑campaign storytelling to drive renewals. - Vertical expertise in Entertainment, Gaming, Streaming, or Tech that accelerates early traction. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $140,000 - $210,000 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 28, 2026

Senior Product Manager, Notifications

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in! Our Product Managers (PMs) have ownership over product optimizations and features, from independently run experiments to major product decisions . Backed by strong analytical skills and business acumen, and inspired by access to senior leadership and transparency into how they make product decisions, our PMs develop insights that lead to new product ideas and Duolingo’s next beloved feature. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role... Come and be a product lead within our Notifications Team, one of Duolingo’s highest-impact Growth teams. Notifications are already among the most important drivers of top-line impact at the company, and we’re investing further in this area as a major lever for driving retention and engagement. You’ll own product strategy and execution across a broad set of opportunities to make our notifications more effective, more engaging, and more valuable to learners. You’ll help identify new notification types, improve opt-in and reach, and explore how channels like email and other alternatives can play a stronger role in bringing learners back. This is a highly cross-functional role spanning product, engineering, data science, ML/AI, design, and product writing. You’ll work closely with partners across disciplines to develop new ideas, run fast experiments, and turn what we learn into product strategy that helps more learners build lasting habits. 🧠 You will... - Own product strategy and execution for a major notifications surface, from identifying opportunities to shipping and iterating on solutions - Drive the team’s roadmap across high-impact workstreams including new notification types, opt-in and reach, email, and alternative channels  - Lead product features through their full lifecycle: ideation, prioritization, specification, development, launch, analysis, and iteration - Work closely with engineers, data scientists, ML/AI partners, product writers, and designers to create more effective and engaging notifications experiences   - Use experimentation and product intuition to uncover new opportunities, validate ideas quickly, and translate learnings into product strategy - Improve core team metrics such as conversion, click-through rate, and opt-in, while balancing user reach and experience guardrails  - Explore how new formats, channels, and UX patterns can make notifications more personalized, engaging, and effective for different learners  - Partner closely with leadership to help shape the direction of one of Duolingo’s top teams for driving top-line impact ✅ You have... - Experience generating outstanding results as a Product Manager on a consumer mobile product - Significant experience working on notifications or adjacent lifecycle surfaces, with a strong understanding of what makes outreach timely, effective, and valuable to users - Experience owning product strategy and execution for notifications, including identifying new opportunities, prioritizing work, and driving launches from concept through iteration - Experience improving notification performance across areas such as new notification types, opt-in, reach, targeting, or channel strategy  - Strong judgment for how to make notifications more engaging and effective while balancing user experience and long-term reachability  - Experience working on personalized or ML-driven messaging systems, including targeting, ranking, experimentation, or template generation - Strong product instincts and analytical judgment, with the ability to use experiments and data to make meaningful decisions - Experience building and executing on roadmaps that improve existing notification systems while also creating new surfaces and capabilities - Ability to independently drive alignment and make progress in ambiguous spaces without waiting to be told what to do - Experience working cross-functionally with engineers, data scientists, designers, writers, and ML/AI partners - Excitement about moving quickly, learning from fast experimentation, and shaping product strategy - Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Design, Psychology, or equivalent ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Advanced degree in Business, Computer Science, Design, Psychology, or equivalent - Experience working on consumer products with high-frequency engagement loops (e.g., health, wellness, fitness, mobile games) - Experience working on notification-related channels beyond push, such as email, Live Activities, or other alternative channels, and a point of view on the role each can play in driving engagement The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $182,800 - $247,300 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 25, 2026

Senior Product Manager, Growth

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in! Our Product Managers (PMs) have ownership over product optimizations and features, from independently run experiments to major product decisions . Backed by strong analytical skills and business acumen, and inspired by access to senior leadership and transparency into how they make product decisions, our PMs develop insights that lead to new product ideas and Duolingo’s next beloved feature. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role... Come and be a product lead within our Growth Pillar. Growth is core to our mission at Duolingo; helping users find and build a habit with language learning is tied to our ability to make the product fun and engaging every single day. We work on a wide variety of features that build and strengthen habits, like streaks, quests, leaderboards, notifications, and are always inventing new features to address user needs. You’ll own product strategy and execution across a broad set of opportunities to improve our user retention, with an eye towards DAUs as our north star. Our app is extremely visual, so you’ll work closely with Product Design and Product Writing to make sure users understand and appreciate any new feature, and you’ll work closely with Engineering to understand how we bring it to life. We’re looking for someone who can work cross-functionally to develop new ideas, run fast experiments, and turn what we learn into product strategy that helps more learners build lasting habits. 🧠 You will... - Own product strategy and execution for a new growth team, from identifying opportunities to shipping and iterating on solutions - Drive the team’s roadmap across high-impact workstreams, with DAUs as the north star - Lead product features through their full lifecycle: ideation, prioritization, specification, development, launch, analysis, and iteration - Work closely with engineers, data scientists, ML/AI partners, product writers, and designers to create more retentive experiences   - Improve core team metrics such as retention (short and long term), L7, and relevant feature adoption / usage - Partner closely with leadership to help shape the direction of one of Duolingo’s top teams for driving top-line impact ✅ You have... - Experience generating outstanding results as a Product Manager on a consumer mobile product - Significant experience working on growth or growth-adjacent product surfaces, ideally owning DAU/WAU or retention metrics - Experience owning product strategy and execution for a growth-related feature, including identifying new opportunities, prioritizing work, and driving launches from concept through iteration - Strong product instincts and analytical judgment, with the ability to use experiments and data to make meaningful decisions - Ability to independently drive alignment and make progress in ambiguous spaces without waiting to be told what to do - Excitement about moving quickly, learning from fast experimentation, and shaping product strategy - Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Design, Psychology, or equivalent ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Advanced degree in Business, Computer Science, Design, Psychology, or equivalent - Experience working on consumer products with high-frequency engagement loops (e.g., health, wellness, fitness, mobile games)  - Strong judgment for how to balance short and long term retention, particularly in a freemium app with monetization (either IAPs or subscriptions) as a guardrail The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $182,800 - $247,300 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 25, 2026

VP of Product, Growth and Monetization

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in! Our Product Managers (PMs) have ownership over product optimizations and features, from independently run experiments to major product decisions . Backed by strong analytical skills and business acumen, and inspired by access to senior leadership and transparency into how they make product decisions, our PMs develop insights that lead to new product ideas and Duolingo’s next beloved feature. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role... Duolingo’s business runs on two numbers: Daily Active Users and revenue. This role owns both. As VP of Product for Growth and Monetization, you'll lead our largest product organization through a team of experienced pillar leads. Your teams shape how learners come back every day and why they choose to pay. You'll run one of the highest-velocity experimentation engines in consumer tech, with a mandate to grow DAUs and revenue sustainably and never at the expense of learners. This role reports to the Chief Product Officer, joins Duolingo's Product Leadership and Senior Leadership Team (SLT), and is based in New York, NY or Pittsburgh, PA on a hybrid (4+1) schedule. 🧠 You will... - Own DAUs and revenue, Duolingo's two hero metrics, and deliver both against forecast. - Manage the pillar leads who run Growth and Monetization, an org of roughly 20 PMs and our largest. - Coach and develop senior product leaders, and raise the bar for product talent across the company. - Partner with Engineering and Design leadership to make clear tradeoffs and ship quickly. - Build world-class product operating mechanisms: Clear north star metrics, planning and review rituals, and rigorous A/B testing. - Allocate resources across Growth and Monetization, balancing steady optimization with bigger swings. - Be the single voice for Growth and Monetization at the executive level: progress, risks, and the plan to hit both numbers. ✅ You have... - Executive product leadership in consumer tech, with multi-year measurable impact on DAUs or revenue at scale. - High judgment and operational rigor, with a record of hitting forecasts without sacrificing user experience. - A track record of leading managers of managers and developing strong product leaders. - Experience leading through change: reorgs, new operating models, faster execution. - Cross-functional range, aligning Product, Engineering, Design, Data, and Marketing on clear priorities. - Deep fluency in growth and monetization for freemium and subscription products, grounded in experimentation. - Ability to work from or relocate to New York, NY or Pittsburgh, PA on a hybrid (4+1) schedule. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Delivered stellar results growing a leading consumer app, whether in DAUs or revenue. - Demonstrated success balancing user growth and revenue expansion without degrading core user experience in a mission-driven product. - Experience communicating product strategy and results to executive and board-level audiences. - Developed product leaders who've gone on to run product orgs of their own. - Familiarity with ads, subscriptions, and in-app purchase ecosystems, including experimentation at scale across these surfaces. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $367,500 - $612,500 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 25, 2026

Staff Product Designer, Monetization

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. But we’ve got more left to do — and that’s where you come in! Duolingo is the world's most popular learning app. Beyond our core learning product, we also offer English proficiency testing with the Duolingo English Test, and are bringing new subjects into the Duolingo app, where people can develop their Math and Music skills. We are passionate about educating our users, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. We offer meaningful work, limitless learning opportunities, and collaboration with world-class minds. Come brighten your life and over half a billion more!’ About this role This role reports to the Director of Product Design on Monetization. Monetization is the revenue engine that powers our company. Our teams focus on unlocking value for users through subscriptions, ads and in-app purchases. As a Staff Designer, you’ll play a key role in defining how users experience that value, from their first touchpoint to being long-term loyal users. As a member of the Duolingo Design team, this role is an instrumental creative partner in key monetization vectors at Duolingo—from our delightful purchase flow to our seasonal avatar events. At Duolingo, we take pride in and agonize over crafting a user-friendly (and fun) experience for everyone. Will you join us on our mission? 🧠You will... - Define and evolve both the free and paid user experiences across Monetization surfaces within the Duolingo language app - Play a leadership role on the Monetization design team in shaping our product roadmap and product development - Partner with engineers and product managers to define both the long-term strategy and the short-term tactics for our products - Work collaboratively with designers and artists to build upon and expand the Duolingo design language - Sometimes work on very broadly defined, loose concepts, and sometimes on narrowly defined, tactical features - Consider all parts when crafting the experience: from copy to animation to business impact ✅You have... - An online portfolio with consumer mobile app or web design samples - Design experience in a consumer application, product, or software role - A desire to strive for excellence in your work until all details are attended to - The ability to explain your work, process, and decisions and seek feedback to help you produce your best work ⭐️Outstanding candidates will have... - Experience designing for fast-paced Monetization, Growth or subscription-based products - Experience with strong experimentation culture and iterative improvements - An interest in developing design talent and improving design craft Please include a link to your portfolio showcasing relevant work samples. A portfolio submission is mandatory for consideration of your candidacy. We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact your recruiter. Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice . The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $200,000 - $300,000 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 25, 2026

Senior Product Manager, Notifications

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in! Our Product Managers (PMs) have ownership over product optimizations and features, from independently run experiments to major product decisions . Backed by strong analytical skills and business acumen, and inspired by access to senior leadership and transparency into how they make product decisions, our PMs develop insights that lead to new product ideas and Duolingo’s next beloved feature. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role... Come and be a product lead within our Notifications Team, one of Duolingo’s highest-impact Growth teams. Notifications are already among the most important drivers of top-line impact at the company, and we’re investing further in this area as a major lever for driving retention and engagement. You’ll own product strategy and execution across a broad set of opportunities to make our notifications more effective, more engaging, and more valuable to learners. You’ll help identify new notification types, improve opt-in and reach, and explore how channels like email and other alternatives can play a stronger role in bringing learners back. This is a highly cross-functional role spanning product, engineering, data science, ML/AI, design, and product writing. You’ll work closely with partners across disciplines to develop new ideas, run fast experiments, and turn what we learn into product strategy that helps more learners build lasting habits. 🧠 You will... - Own product strategy and execution for a major notifications surface, from identifying opportunities to shipping and iterating on solutions - Drive the team’s roadmap across high-impact workstreams including new notification types, opt-in and reach, email, and alternative channels  - Lead product features through their full lifecycle: ideation, prioritization, specification, development, launch, analysis, and iteration - Work closely with engineers, data scientists, ML/AI partners, product writers, and designers to create more effective and engaging notifications experiences   - Use experimentation and product intuition to uncover new opportunities, validate ideas quickly, and translate learnings into product strategy - Improve core team metrics such as conversion, click-through rate, and opt-in, while balancing user reach and experience guardrails  - Explore how new formats, channels, and UX patterns can make notifications more personalized, engaging, and effective for different learners  - Partner closely with leadership to help shape the direction of one of Duolingo’s top teams for driving top-line impact ✅ You have... - Experience generating outstanding results as a Product Manager on a consumer mobile product - Significant experience working on notifications or adjacent lifecycle surfaces, with a strong understanding of what makes outreach timely, effective, and valuable to users - Experience owning product strategy and execution for notifications, including identifying new opportunities, prioritizing work, and driving launches from concept through iteration - Experience improving notification performance across areas such as new notification types, opt-in, reach, targeting, or channel strategy  - Strong judgment for how to make notifications more engaging and effective while balancing user experience and long-term reachability  - Experience working on personalized or ML-driven messaging systems, including targeting, ranking, experimentation, or template generation - Strong product instincts and analytical judgment, with the ability to use experiments and data to make meaningful decisions - Experience building and executing on roadmaps that improve existing notification systems while also creating new surfaces and capabilities - Ability to independently drive alignment and make progress in ambiguous spaces without waiting to be told what to do - Experience working cross-functionally with engineers, data scientists, designers, writers, and ML/AI partners - Excitement about moving quickly, learning from fast experimentation, and shaping product strategy - Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Design, Psychology, or equivalent ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Advanced degree in Business, Computer Science, Design, Psychology, or equivalent - Experience working on consumer products with high-frequency engagement loops (e.g., health, wellness, fitness, mobile games) - Experience working on notification-related channels beyond push, such as email, Live Activities, or other alternative channels, and a point of view on the role each can play in driving engagement The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $182,800 - $247,300 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 25, 2026

VP of Product, Growth and Monetization

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in! Our Product Managers (PMs) have ownership over product optimizations and features, from independently run experiments to major product decisions . Backed by strong analytical skills and business acumen, and inspired by access to senior leadership and transparency into how they make product decisions, our PMs develop insights that lead to new product ideas and Duolingo’s next beloved feature. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role... Duolingo’s business runs on two numbers: Daily Active Users and revenue. This role owns both. As VP of Product for Growth and Monetization, you'll lead our largest product organization through a team of experienced pillar leads. Your teams shape how learners come back every day and why they choose to pay. You'll run one of the highest-velocity experimentation engines in consumer tech, with a mandate to grow DAUs and revenue sustainably and never at the expense of learners. This role reports to the Chief Product Officer, joins Duolingo's Product Leadership and Senior Leadership Team (SLT), and is based in New York, NY or Pittsburgh, PA on a hybrid (4+1) schedule. 🧠 You will... - Own DAUs and revenue, Duolingo's two hero metrics, and deliver both against forecast. - Manage the pillar leads who run Growth and Monetization, an org of roughly 20 PMs and our largest. - Coach and develop senior product leaders, and raise the bar for product talent across the company. - Partner with Engineering and Design leadership to make clear tradeoffs and ship quickly. - Build world-class product operating mechanisms: Clear north star metrics, planning and review rituals, and rigorous A/B testing. - Allocate resources across Growth and Monetization, balancing steady optimization with bigger swings. - Be the single voice for Growth and Monetization at the executive level: progress, risks, and the plan to hit both numbers. ✅ You have... - Executive product leadership in consumer tech, with multi-year measurable impact on DAUs or revenue at scale. - High judgment and operational rigor, with a record of hitting forecasts without sacrificing user experience. - A track record of leading managers of managers and developing strong product leaders. - Experience leading through change: reorgs, new operating models, faster execution. - Cross-functional range, aligning Product, Engineering, Design, Data, and Marketing on clear priorities. - Deep fluency in growth and monetization for freemium and subscription products, grounded in experimentation. - Ability to work from or relocate to New York, NY or Pittsburgh, PA on a hybrid (4+1) schedule. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Delivered stellar results growing a leading consumer app, whether in DAUs or revenue. - Demonstrated success balancing user growth and revenue expansion without degrading core user experience in a mission-driven product. - Experience communicating product strategy and results to executive and board-level audiences. - Developed product leaders who've gone on to run product orgs of their own. - Familiarity with ads, subscriptions, and in-app purchase ecosystems, including experimentation at scale across these surfaces. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $367,500 - $612,500 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 25, 2026

Senior Product Manager, Growth

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in! Our Product Managers (PMs) have ownership over product optimizations and features, from independently run experiments to major product decisions . Backed by strong analytical skills and business acumen, and inspired by access to senior leadership and transparency into how they make product decisions, our PMs develop insights that lead to new product ideas and Duolingo’s next beloved feature. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role... Come and be a product lead within our Growth Pillar. Growth is core to our mission at Duolingo; helping users find and build a habit with language learning is tied to our ability to make the product fun and engaging every single day. We work on a wide variety of features that build and strengthen habits, like streaks, quests, leaderboards, notifications, and are always inventing new features to address user needs. You’ll own product strategy and execution across a broad set of opportunities to improve our user retention, with an eye towards DAUs as our north star. Our app is extremely visual, so you’ll work closely with Product Design and Product Writing to make sure users understand and appreciate any new feature, and you’ll work closely with Engineering to understand how we bring it to life. We’re looking for someone who can work cross-functionally to develop new ideas, run fast experiments, and turn what we learn into product strategy that helps more learners build lasting habits. 🧠 You will... - Own product strategy and execution for a new growth team, from identifying opportunities to shipping and iterating on solutions - Drive the team’s roadmap across high-impact workstreams, with DAUs as the north star - Lead product features through their full lifecycle: ideation, prioritization, specification, development, launch, analysis, and iteration - Work closely with engineers, data scientists, ML/AI partners, product writers, and designers to create more retentive experiences   - Improve core team metrics such as retention (short and long term), L7, and relevant feature adoption / usage - Partner closely with leadership to help shape the direction of one of Duolingo’s top teams for driving top-line impact ✅ You have... - Experience generating outstanding results as a Product Manager on a consumer mobile product - Significant experience working on growth or growth-adjacent product surfaces, ideally owning DAU/WAU or retention metrics - Experience owning product strategy and execution for a growth-related feature, including identifying new opportunities, prioritizing work, and driving launches from concept through iteration - Strong product instincts and analytical judgment, with the ability to use experiments and data to make meaningful decisions - Ability to independently drive alignment and make progress in ambiguous spaces without waiting to be told what to do - Excitement about moving quickly, learning from fast experimentation, and shaping product strategy - Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Design, Psychology, or equivalent ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Advanced degree in Business, Computer Science, Design, Psychology, or equivalent - Experience working on consumer products with high-frequency engagement loops (e.g., health, wellness, fitness, mobile games)  - Strong judgment for how to balance short and long term retention, particularly in a freemium app with monetization (either IAPs or subscriptions) as a guardrail The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $182,800 - $247,300 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 25, 2026

Staff Product Designer, Monetization

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. But we’ve got more left to do — and that’s where you come in! Duolingo is the world's most popular learning app. Beyond our core learning product, we also offer English proficiency testing with the Duolingo English Test, and are bringing new subjects into the Duolingo app, where people can develop their Math and Music skills. We are passionate about educating our users, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. We offer meaningful work, limitless learning opportunities, and collaboration with world-class minds. Come brighten your life and over half a billion more!’ About this role This role reports to the Director of Product Design on Monetization. Monetization is the revenue engine that powers our company. Our teams focus on unlocking value for users through subscriptions, ads and in-app purchases. As a Staff Designer, you’ll play a key role in defining how users experience that value, from their first touchpoint to being long-term loyal users. As a member of the Duolingo Design team, this role is an instrumental creative partner in key monetization vectors at Duolingo—from our delightful purchase flow to our seasonal avatar events. At Duolingo, we take pride in and agonize over crafting a user-friendly (and fun) experience for everyone. Will you join us on our mission? 🧠You will... - Define and evolve both the free and paid user experiences across Monetization surfaces within the Duolingo language app - Play a leadership role on the Monetization design team in shaping our product roadmap and product development - Partner with engineers and product managers to define both the long-term strategy and the short-term tactics for our products - Work collaboratively with designers and artists to build upon and expand the Duolingo design language - Sometimes work on very broadly defined, loose concepts, and sometimes on narrowly defined, tactical features - Consider all parts when crafting the experience: from copy to animation to business impact ✅You have... - An online portfolio with consumer mobile app or web design samples - Design experience in a consumer application, product, or software role - A desire to strive for excellence in your work until all details are attended to - The ability to explain your work, process, and decisions and seek feedback to help you produce your best work ⭐️Outstanding candidates will have... - Experience designing for fast-paced Monetization, Growth or subscription-based products - Experience with strong experimentation culture and iterative improvements - An interest in developing design talent and improving design craft Please include a link to your portfolio showcasing relevant work samples. A portfolio submission is mandatory for consideration of your candidacy. We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact your recruiter. Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice . The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $200,000 - $300,000 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 25, 2026

Ad Sales Lead - West

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... Join us to build Duolingo Ads, Duolingo’s direct ad business. Most learners use our free, ad‑supported app—so great ads are core to our mission. We’re hiring a Head of West Coast Sales to open and scale our West Coast region. You will set regional strategy, build and lead a high‑performing team, and own revenue outcomes across priority verticals and agency holding companies. As a player/coach, you’ll cultivate senior‑level relationships, shape pricing and packaging with leadership, and close high‑impact deals that both delight learners and drive revenue while leading a team of sellers. This is a high‑ownership, early‑stage opportunity to help define how ads show up for hundreds of millions of learners while building a repeatable, data‑driven go‑to‑market. 🧠 You will... - Own West Coast revenue targets and forecasting; build a healthy, predictable pipeline across named accounts and agency groups, and deliver against quarterly goals. - Develop and execute the regional go‑to‑market strategy, including territory design, vertical focus, pricing/packaging inputs, and coverage plans as we scale. - Hire, coach, and lead a small team of sellers over time; establish operating rhythms, deal reviews, and CRM hygiene standards that improve forecast accuracy and execution. - Build and deepen senior relationships at brands and agencies; open new logos and expand strategic accounts with clear commercial narratives that map Duolingo’s unique strengths (design, IP, native formats) to client objectives. - Lead complex deals end‑to‑end—from prospecting and positioning through negotiation, close, renewal, and expansion—partnering tightly with Account Management and Ad Ops for flawless delivery. - Share actionable market feedback with sales and product leadership to inform pricing, packaging, measurement, and ad experiences while protecting the learner experience. - Operate with speed and rigor in a startup‑like environment, building repeatable sales motions, outreach cadences, and team practices that scale from 0→1 and 1→N. ✅ You have... - 8+ years of direct digital ad sales experience with a consistent track record of hunting, closing, and renewing in premium mobile or consumer app environments. - Success selling video and native/custom formats and structuring innovative agreements with top‑tier advertisers and agencies. - Proven ability to engage senior decision makers while rolling up your sleeves to build collateral, troubleshoot issues, and drive revenue personally. - Strong understanding of ad tech and mobile app ecosystems, with skill using data to assess performance and inform pricing and packaging. - Excellent communication and presentation skills, and comfort operating with ambiguity at high velocity. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Established relationships across West Coast brand and agency decision makers. - Experience introducing or scaling a new ads product from 0→1 within a publisher or platform environment. - Experience shaping regional GTM, sales process, or coverage models beyond an individual book of business. - Familiarity partnering with Account Management and Ad Ops on native/custom programs and live‑campaign storytelling to drive renewals. - Vertical expertise in Entertainment, Gaming, Streaming, or Tech that accelerates early traction. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $140,000 - $210,000 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 13, 2026

Manager, Strategy and Business Operations

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... This role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution. You will balance speed and rigor to resolve ambiguity and turn one-off wins into scalable systems. As a Strategy & Business Operations Manager at Duolingo, you will play a key role in shaping Duolingo’s path towards becoming a 100-year company. You will partner closely with leaders across Growth, Language Learning, Monetization, and more to create clarity and alignment that unlocks faster progress for Duolingo’s top priorities. This role is based in our Pittsburgh HQ. We use a hybrid work model of 4 days in the office per week. 🧠 You will... - Develop actionable strategies: collaborate with cross-functional leaders to combine market understanding, user insights, and product vision into strategies that teams will pursue to achieve Duolingo's mission - Sprint to assess opportunities & markets: identify and assess compelling opportunities for Duolingo. This spans problem-space definition, hypothesis generation, industry research, execution and iteration - Lead with data, structure, and judgment: establish success metrics, build clear frameworks, and make trade-offs across competing priorities - Partner cross-functionally: work closely with product, engineering, design, marketing, partnerships, data science, and finance - Learn and grow : rapidly gain new skills, methods, and industry learnings as you deliver world-class strategy work alongside talented colleagues across disciplines ✅ You have... - Fast, flexible, and outcomes-oriented : able and excited to thrive with rapid cycles of analysis, decision, and action - Analytical chops and logical thinking : develops data and fact-based understanding of complex problems. Able to simplify findings to clear conclusions - Strong people skills , including a demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders - Early career: 3+ years of professional experience - Excitement for our mission to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Experience in a strategy or biz ops function, strategy consulting, product management or strategic corporate development - Strong knowledge of and passion for the consumer tech industry - Experience with mobile apps and subscription-based services - Experience working with global / international teams - Experience leading cross-functional projects in a high-growth environment The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $129,200 - $174,800 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 21, 2026

Senior Product Manager, DET

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in! Our Product Managers (PMs) have ownership over product optimizations and features, from independently run experiments to major product decisions . Backed by strong analytical skills and business acumen, and inspired by access to senior leadership and transparency into how they make product decisions, our PMs develop insights that lead to new product ideas and Duolingo’s next beloved feature. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role... Duolingo is the world's most popular learning app. Beyond our core learning product, we also offer English proficiency testing with the Duolingo English Test , and are bringing new subjects into the Duolingo app, where people can develop their Math, Music, and Chess skills. As the Senior Product Manager for the Duolingo English Test, you'll drive product changes across the entire user experience: acquisition funnel, monetization, security, and test development. In addition to your product responsibilities, you'll partner with 90 cross-functional colleagues across engineering, AI research, design, marketing and more. Together, you’ll make sure that students can gain access to educational opportunities by taking an English test from the comfort of their home. With over 6,000 partner institutions, we are disrupting the high-stakes language-assessment market. If you love making a difference in the world through technology, this is the place for you. 🧠 You will... - Establish the strategy for how we scale the test to more users globally - Be responsible for improving the test experience and work closely with UI/UX designers - Collaborate with AI researchers to develop novel features to improve the test’s security and efficacy - Perform qualitative and quantitative research to explore and validate feature ideas - Work with engineers to help guide feature development - Execute with urgency and excellence ✅ You have... - A desire to make the world a better place through technology and education - Experience generating outstanding results as a product manager - Ability to utilize user insights, data, and statistical analyses to inform decisions - Top-tier design sense -- every pixel matters at Duolingo - Demonstrated ability to be resourceful, curious, and innovative ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Advanced degree in Business, Computer Science, Design, Psychology, or equivalent - Professional experience in areas highly related to our work as product managers at Duolingo, such as software engineering, design, data analysis, or language learning The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $182,800 - $247,300 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 21, 2026

Senior Localization Program Manager

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems , running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s both fun and meaningful. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role... Join Duolingo’s Localization team within Scaling Operations to turn complex, high-volume localization work into durable, low-touch systems that scale across our 30+ UI languages. You’ll own the end-to-end programs that bring promising product ideas into long-term, scalable operations, improving launch speed, quality, and efficiency. Working closely with Product, Engineering, Design, Marketing, and language partners, you will help build the systems that keep localization in lockstep with Duolingo’s growth. 🧠 You will... - Drive automation and system improvements to scale from 0-to-1 and beyond, leveraging technology to make localized content production simpler, more repeatable, and more transparent - Own the metrics for your vertical to improve strategy, decision-making, and prioritization - Cultivate relationships with key partners (marketing, product, design, engineering) to develop a localization strategy and roadmap for your area; develop and socialize best practices and ways of working - Establish workflows and tooling that increase localization throughput and quality across our system. ✅ You have... - Demonstrated experience crafting localization strategy and systems for new features and experiences, in collaboration with product, design, and engineering partners - A track record of building and leading localization programs in a cross-functional consumer app environment - Tech-savviness. You are proficient in managing and scaling workloads using technology, including AI, CMSs, and CAT tools - Excellent communication skills; you influence without authority and align diverse stakeholders to drive decisions - Comfort defining goals and metrics and translating insights into actionable engineering requirements and scalable workflow specifications ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Hands-on experience in localization quality frameworks and ecosystems - Familiarity with internationalization engineering concepts such as Unicode handling and message format in consumer apps - Experience supporting international product growth in emerging or high-complexity language markets The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $142,800 - $193,200 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 20, 2026

Regional People Lead, EMEA

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... We're looking for a Regional People Lead to serve as both a senior People Business Partner and the operational owner for our growing EMEA presence. Based in London, you'll bridge global strategy and local execution: delivering sharp counsel to regional leaders while keeping compliance, operations, and the employee experience running seamlessly. Navigating a mix of direct entities and PEO-supported markets, you're as comfortable handling multi-country compliance as you are advising leaders. Reporting to the Head of Talent Management and Rewards (TMR), you will lead and develop a People Operations Manager, champion the EMEA region in global planning, and ensure local nuance actively shapes our global strategy. 🧠 You will... Strategic Partnership - Serve as the senior People Partner to EMEA leaders, building deep business understanding and advising on org design, performance, team health, and growth. - Lead engagement, inclusion, and talent planning initiatives across the region, and drive talent density in partnership with TA. - Guide leaders and teams through organizational change, translating global OKRs and TMR programs into plans that fit regional context and surfacing gaps back to TMR. - Own complex employee relations and higher-risk people matters across the region, including investigations, grievances, performance and disciplinary processes, and settlement agreements, applying employment-law judgment and knowing when to bring in Legal or the central team. - Use people data and engagement insight to spot organizational health trends early and recommend action. Regional Operations & Compliance - Own regional People operations end to end, leading a People Operations Manager who delivers day-to-day execution across direct entities and PEO-supported markets, while staying close enough to the detail to catch compliance and payroll risk yourself. - Own the regional PEO/EOR relationship (currently Globalization Partners), including monthly payroll submissions across multiple calendars, employment changes, terminations, new-country implementation, and vendor management across PEO-supported markets. - Act as the regional authority on employment compliance across direct and PEO markets, including UK Right to Work, UK and German contract and employment-law requirements, and country-specific PEO frameworks; ensure local legal review where required. - Serve as the regional execution layer for centrally-owned systems (such as Workday), validating data against source documents and ensuring global processes function correctly in local practice. - Serve as regional liaison to Finance on budgets, vendor contracts, expense management, and reporting, maintaining strong internal controls and documentation. - Identify repetitive regional processes and improve them through better workflow and automation where appropriate, reducing cross-time-zone friction without compromising local compliance judgment. Recruiting & Workplace Experience - Partner with Talent Acquisition on regional hiring strategy, offer decisions, and locally relevant onboarding. - Partner with London workplace operations on facilities, safety, and vendor management, and lead regional events and programming. - Ensure a strong employee experience across hybrid and remote environments regionwide, providing a consistent point of contact through the employee lifecycle. Global Representation - Represent EMEA in global People forums and planning cycles, ensuring regional voice shapes global policy rather than just receiving it. - Bring clarity and consistent ownership to how global People processes land locally. ✅ You have... - Experience in HR, People Business Partnering, or regional People operations, including work supporting multi-country teams across EMEA. - Hands-on experience managing employees through a PEO or EOR provider (e.g. Globalization Partners) across multiple EMEA markets. - Strong knowledge of European employment practices, labor law, and compliance across multiple jurisdictions, including the UK and Germany. - Demonstrated ability to move seamlessly between strategic advising and hands-on operational execution. - Experience scaling People operations and processes in a fast-growing, distributed environment. - Sound judgment owning complex employee relations and higher-risk people matters, grounded in employment law. - A collaborative partner to Finance on budgets, vendor management, and reporting. - Strong cross-cultural communication and the judgment to know when to escalate, when to decide, and when to bring the global team in. - Fluency across core People and HRIS systems, with the rigor to keep data accurate between global platforms and local source documents. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: £124,395 - £186,592 GBP Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 18, 2026

Engineering Manager, Product

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems , running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s both fun and meaningful. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Below you can find more information about the teams we're hiring for: Notifications: The Notifications team sits in the Out-of-App Area within Duolingo’s Growth Pillar and drives user growth and habit formation by delivering the right message at the right time — and by operating the notification infrastructure that reaches hundreds of millions of learners reliably. As an Engineering Manager, Notifications, you will co-lead a cross‑functional team with a Product Manager, partner closely with data science and ML, and own both product impact and technical excellence. You’ll shape strategy, run fast experiments, and raise the bar on reliability, personalization, and delivery timeliness for one of Duolingo’s highest‑leverage surfaces. 🧠 You will... - Co-lead a cross-functional team with partners in product management, aligning on strategy, priorities, and success metrics for features that drive meaningful user impact. - Drive execution of projects from spec to implementation, experimentation/analysis, and ongoing ownership, while ensuring infrastructure reliability, scalability, and observability. - Use data and rapid experimentation to inform decisions; partner with internal stakeholders to design A/B tests and translate insights into product improvements that measurably impact key product KPIs. - Attract, grow, and retain diverse engineering talent; provide clear expectations, coaching, and career development, and build a healthy, inclusive team culture. - Set engineering quality standards and processes that balance speed and long-term maintainability; proactively manage tech debt, product quality, and operational excellence. - Collaborate closely with product, design, research, and other engineering teams to deliver user experiences that serve user needs while being impactful towards business metrics. - Define team OKRs, ruthlessly prioritize, and remove roadblocks to enable teams to do their best work. ✅ You have... - Experience leading, managing, and building a team of software engineers, with demonstrated ability to hire, develop, and retain talent. - A track record of shipping multi-engineer, multi-week+ projects with measurable business impact, balancing speed and quality. - Strong product instincts and comfort in highly experimental, data‑driven environments; experience defining metrics and running A/B tests with analytics or data science partners. - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across engineering, product, design, and data; clear written specs and status updates. - Technical depth sufficient to guide architecture and implementation trade‑offs, evolve quality standards, and mentor engineers on best practices. - The ability to work from or relocate to New York, NY. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Experience leading cross-functional teams focused on driving core product outcomes in consumer products. - Experience setting team OKRs and operating cadences that consistently deliver outsized impact on company‑level metrics. - Background dealing with ambiguity and managing teams or projects with broad cross-functional scope. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $182,800 - $247,300 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 20, 2026

Creative Sourcer

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... We’re looking for a Sourcer to partner closely with our industry-leading recruiting team, driving both outbound and referral talent efforts. In this role, you’ll be on the front lines of identifying, engaging, and inspiring top Marketing, Creative, Business and G&A roles talent to join our mission. 🧠 You will... - Partner with Recruiters and Hiring Managers to develop and implement tailored sourcing strategies for a unique mix of Marketing, Creative, Business and G&A roles - Proactively build and maintain a strong pipeline of top-tier talent across various Marketing, Creative, Business and G&A roles using a mix of outbound sourcing and CRM re-engagement - Attend intake meetings to deeply understand each role’s requirements - Conduct recruiter screens to evaluate technical alignment and share calibrated recommendations with the hiring manager. - Own the creation of market maps and talent intelligence reports that provide total addressable market (TAM) insights, inform sourcing strategies, and help prioritize pipeline efforts. - Run A/B tests on outreach strategies and continuously iterate to improve candidate funnel performance. - Balance speed and precision, reaching out to volume at scale without sacrificing personalization or quality of engagement. ✅ You have... - A Bachelor’s degree - 2+ years of sourcing experience with a focus on quality high-volume outbound support for Marketing, Creative, Business and G&A roles. - Proven ability to develop and nurture relationships with diverse and hard-to-reach talent pools. - Proficiency in G-Suite, Greenhouse, and sourcing tools (Gem and SeekOut). - Fluent in Boolean logic and skilled in CRM re-engagement searches to unlock value from talent communities. - Excellent time management and organizational skills, with strong attention to detail and a proactive problem-solving mindset. - Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and iterating on sourcing strategies as business needs evolve. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - A data-driven approach that balances speed and precision in candidate engagement. - A long-running Duolingo streak (bonus points 😄). The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $119,000 - $161,000 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoJul 30, 2026

Senior Product Designer

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in! Duolingo’s designers care about creating high-quality experiences that look and feel fun . From animators to writers, product designers to researchers, Design brings purpose, feeling, and delight to every interaction with our brand, inside the app and out. As a designer, you’ll join a culture of creativity and craft, where we have a high bar for excellence and an endless curiosity about how to bring more unexpected quirk and fun to the pursuit of learning. Join us in our mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role... This role is an important part of the Design team, partnering with other designers and cross-functional teammates on features across our mobile apps, website, and communications. From polishing learner flows to supporting campaigns and community moments, you’ll help shape friendly, intuitive experiences that feel distinctly Duolingo. We care deeply about craft, so you’ll grow your skills while contributing to work that’s both user-friendly and fun, sweating the details to get them just right. 🧠 You will... - Design and prototype simple, playful learning experiences for the Duolingo app - Drive large work streams across your team with independence—you’ll lead! - Be a peer leader and mentor across Duolingo Design - Work with other designers and artists to expand Duolingo’s design language - Partner with engineers and product managers to define what we build, and how we get there - Consider every part of a finely crafted experience: animation, copy, UI to business impact ✅ You have... - An online portfolio featuring simple consumer mobile apps - The highest bar for visual design and interaction details - Fluency in creating high fidelity prototypes quickly - Experience shipping products at scale in a product organization - The ability to explain your work and decisions simply and concisely - A big appetite for feedback to help you make your best work - A bravery in solving hard problems within ambiguity and complexity ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - The desire to make decisions fast - Know-how using AI and LLMs to make interesting ideas from scratch - Deep understanding for brand, and a brand’s role in business - Skills shaping motion and animation for user interfaces - A track record of career growth within previous companies - A reputation of being a top performer and is sought after by other leaders The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: ¥804,949 - ¥1,088,971 CNY Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 4, 2026

Senior Localization Program Manager

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems , running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s both fun and meaningful. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role... Join Duolingo’s Localization team within Scaling Operations to turn complex, high-volume localization work into durable, low-touch systems that scale across our 30+ UI languages. You’ll own the end-to-end programs that bring promising product ideas into long-term, scalable operations, improving launch speed, quality, and efficiency. Working closely with Product, Engineering, Design, Marketing, and language partners, you will help build the systems that keep localization in lockstep with Duolingo’s growth. 🧠 You will... - Drive automation and system improvements to scale from 0-to-1 and beyond, leveraging technology to make localized content production simpler, more repeatable, and more transparent - Own the metrics for your vertical to improve strategy, decision-making, and prioritization - Cultivate relationships with key partners (marketing, product, design, engineering) to develop a localization strategy and roadmap for your area; develop and socialize best practices and ways of working - Establish workflows and tooling that increase localization throughput and quality across our system. ✅ You have... - Demonstrated experience crafting localization strategy and systems for new features and experiences, in collaboration with product, design, and engineering partners - A track record of building and leading localization programs in a cross-functional consumer app environment - Tech-savviness. You are proficient in managing and scaling workloads using technology, including AI, CMSs, and CAT tools - Excellent communication skills; you influence without authority and align diverse stakeholders to drive decisions - Comfort defining goals and metrics and translating insights into actionable engineering requirements and scalable workflow specifications ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Hands-on experience in localization quality frameworks and ecosystems - Familiarity with internationalization engineering concepts such as Unicode handling and message format in consumer apps - Experience supporting international product growth in emerging or high-complexity language markets The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $142,800 - $193,200 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 19, 2026

Senior Engineering Manager, Product

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems , running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s both fun and meaningful. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Below you can find more information about the teams we're hiring for: Growth: We’re hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact product engineering team focused on user growth. You will co-lead a cross-functional team to improve learner habit formation and long-term engagement through a variety of features, while owning the team's roadmap, execution, and outcomes. This role blends technical leadership, people management, and product strategy as you’ll set direction for complex systems, foster an inclusive, high-performance culture, and create an environment for engineers to do impactful things. The role is based in Pittsburgh or New York. Language Learning: As an engineering manager and team lead of the Short Form Experience Team, you'll manage a team of 7 engineers to build features that make up the core of the learning experience on Duolingo. Our short-form lessons are where learners spend the majority of their time on the app, and this team's mission is to make these sessions more effective and engaging. Your team will work on adding new exercises that support our learners in practicing skills like recall and production in bite-sized formats, as well as creating other ways to help learners build foundational skills in a new language. We're looking for managers who are passionate about improving how we teach while leading engineers in a highly cross-functional team! Monetization: The Monetization Pillar focuses on Duolingo’s key business drivers—subscriptions, ads, and in-app purchases. Our goal is to build the best premium experiences for our learners while ensuring the sustainability and success of our business model. You will play an instrumental role in the strategic direction of Duolingo by developing and refining the methods that make our monetization efforts more effective and efficient. We’re seeking engineering leaders who are passionate about bottom-line business impact, and who bring fresh insights and a creative technical approach. 🧠 You will... - Co-lead a cross-functional team with partners in product management, aligning on strategy, priorities, and success metrics for features that drive meaningful user impact. - Drive execution of projects from spec to implementation, experimentation/analysis, and ongoing ownership, while ensuring infrastructure reliability, scalability, and observability. - Use data and rapid experimentation to inform decisions; partner with internal stakeholders to design A/B tests and translate insights into product improvements that measurably impact key product KPIs. - Attract, grow, and retain diverse engineering talent; provide clear expectations, coaching, and career development, and build a healthy, inclusive team culture. - Set engineering quality standards and processes that balance speed and long-term maintainability; proactively manage tech debt, product quality, and operational excellence. - Collaborate closely with product, design, research, and other engineering teams to deliver user experiences that serve user needs while being impactful towards business metrics. - Define team OKRs, ruthlessly prioritize, and remove roadblocks to enable teams to do their best work. ✅ You have... - Experience leading, managing, and building a team of software engineers, with demonstrated ability to hire, develop, and retain talent. - A track record of shipping multi-engineer, multi-week+ projects with measurable business impact, balancing speed and quality. - Strong product instincts and comfort in highly experimental, data‑driven environments; experience defining metrics and running A/B tests with analytics or data science partners. - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across engineering, product, design, and data; clear written specs and status updates. - Technical depth sufficient to guide architecture and implementation trade‑offs, evolve quality standards, and mentor engineers on best practices. - The ability to work from or relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Experience leading cross-functional teams focused on driving core product outcomes in consumer products. - Experience setting team OKRs and operating cadences that consistently deliver outsized impact on company‑level metrics. - Background dealing with ambiguity and managing teams or projects with broad cross-functional scope. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $204,000 - $306,000 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 18, 2026

Senior Software Engineer, iOS, Growth

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... We’re looking for a senior iOS Software Engineer to join our Onboarding team. In this role, you’ll build and ship features that drive user growth and deliver high-quality learning experiences to millions of learners worldwide. You’ll work closely with product managers and designers to create engaging experiences for new users. This is an opportunity to contribute to a fast-moving, high-impact team focused on improving the new user experience. You’ll gain experience working across the stack (iOS and backend), running experiments, and collaborating cross-functionally to improve key metrics like daily active users (DAU) and new users day 7 retention (NUD7). 🧠 You will... - Collaborate with product managers and designers to drive user growth - Develop, release, and maintain native iOS applications, primarily in Swift - Contribute to code reviews and collaborate across teams to ensure quality and scalability ✅ You have... - A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field - A solid foundation in computer science with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design - 5–10 years of experience programming in Swift - Dedication to our mission of universally available education - Relocation to Beijing, China. This position is based in Beijing. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - A Duolingo streak - Proficient in both spoken and written English. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: ¥804,949 - ¥1,088,971 CNY Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 10, 2026

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... The Monetization Pillar focuses on Duolingo’s key business drivers—subscriptions, ads, and in-app purchases. Our goal is to build the best premium experiences for our learners while ensuring the sustainability and success of our business model. As a senior backend Engineer, you will play an instrumental role in the strategic direction of Duolingo by developing and refining the methods that make our monetization efforts more effective and efficient. You'll work cross functionally with product, design, data science, machine learning, and ad operations. 🧠 You will... - Collaborate on software projects with product design and backend aspects - Develop, release, and maintain backend services and/or infrastructure - Lead individual project priorities, milestones, and ensure we're always shipping ✅ You have... - A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field - Strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design - Experience programming in Java, Python, or Kotlin - Solid understanding of one or more database technologies ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Industry experience building high-traffic APIs using public cloud providers - Experience with industry observability technology, such as OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, or DataDog. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: ¥804,949 - ¥1,088,971 CNY Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 12, 2026

Senior Engineering Manager, Product

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems , running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s both fun and meaningful. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Below you can find more information about the teams we're hiring for: Growth: We’re hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact product engineering team focused on user growth. You will co-lead a cross-functional team to improve learner habit formation and long-term engagement through a variety of features, while owning the team's roadmap, execution, and outcomes. This role blends technical leadership, people management, and product strategy as you’ll set direction for complex systems, foster an inclusive, high-performance culture, and create an environment for engineers to do impactful things. The role is based in Pittsburgh or New York. Language Learning: As an engineering manager and team lead of the Short Form Experience Team, you'll manage a team of 7 engineers to build features that make up the core of the learning experience on Duolingo. Our short-form lessons are where learners spend the majority of their time on the app, and this team's mission is to make these sessions more effective and engaging. Your team will work on adding new exercises that support our learners in practicing skills like recall and production in bite-sized formats, as well as creating other ways to help learners build foundational skills in a new language. We're looking for managers who are passionate about improving how we teach while leading engineers in a highly cross-functional team! Monetization: The Monetization Pillar focuses on Duolingo’s key business drivers—subscriptions, ads, and in-app purchases. Our goal is to build the best premium experiences for our learners while ensuring the sustainability and success of our business model. You will play an instrumental role in the strategic direction of Duolingo by developing and refining the methods that make our monetization efforts more effective and efficient. We’re seeking engineering leaders who are passionate about bottom-line business impact, and who bring fresh insights and a creative technical approach. 🧠 You will... - Co-lead a cross-functional team with partners in product management, aligning on strategy, priorities, and success metrics for features that drive meaningful user impact. - Drive execution of projects from spec to implementation, experimentation/analysis, and ongoing ownership, while ensuring infrastructure reliability, scalability, and observability. - Use data and rapid experimentation to inform decisions; partner with internal stakeholders to design A/B tests and translate insights into product improvements that measurably impact key product KPIs. - Attract, grow, and retain diverse engineering talent; provide clear expectations, coaching, and career development, and build a healthy, inclusive team culture. - Set engineering quality standards and processes that balance speed and long-term maintainability; proactively manage tech debt, product quality, and operational excellence. - Collaborate closely with product, design, research, and other engineering teams to deliver user experiences that serve user needs while being impactful towards business metrics. - Define team OKRs, ruthlessly prioritize, and remove roadblocks to enable teams to do their best work. ✅ You have... - Experience leading, managing, and building a team of software engineers, with demonstrated ability to hire, develop, and retain talent. - A track record of shipping multi-engineer, multi-week+ projects with measurable business impact, balancing speed and quality. - Strong product instincts and comfort in highly experimental, data‑driven environments; experience defining metrics and running A/B tests with analytics or data science partners. - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across engineering, product, design, and data; clear written specs and status updates. - Technical depth sufficient to guide architecture and implementation trade‑offs, evolve quality standards, and mentor engineers on best practices. - The ability to work from or relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Experience leading cross-functional teams focused on driving core product outcomes in consumer products. - Experience setting team OKRs and operating cadences that consistently deliver outsized impact on company‑level metrics. - Background dealing with ambiguity and managing teams or projects with broad cross-functional scope. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $204,000 - $306,000 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 18, 2026

Senior Software Engineer, Android

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... The Monetization Pillar focuses on Duolingo’s key business drivers—subscriptions, ads, and in-app purchases. Our goal is to build the best premium experiences for our learners while ensuring the sustainability and success of our business model. As a senior Android Engineer, you will play an instrumental role in the strategic direction of Duolingo by developing and refining the methods that make our monetization efforts more effective and efficient. You'll work cross functionally with product, design, data science, machine learning, and ad operations. 🧠 You will... - Collaborate on software projects with product design and backend aspects - Develop, release, and maintain native Android application features in Kotlin - Mentor and set technical direction for junior engineers on the team ✅ You have... - A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field - Programming experience in Kotlin on Android - The ability to communicate technical issues effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Strong programming experience building reactive Android apps - Demonstrated self-direction, with a desire both to learn new techniques and mentor others - Experience designing clean and maintainable APIs - Experience writing unit tests and testable code The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: ¥804,949 - ¥1,088,971 CNY Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 12, 2026

Senior Learning Designer, Indian Languages

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... We are looking for a senior language educator and curriculum designer with linguistics training, deep expertise in Hindi, and strong knowledge of cultural and linguistic diversity in India and the whole South Asian region. You will help shape Duolingo’s learning experiences for Indian languages by using your pedagogical expertise, cultural insight, and human-in-the-loop AI workflows. You’ll collaborate closely with product, engineering, and design partners to ship delightful, mobile-first learning that reflects the linguistic and cultural richness of Indian languages and advances Duolingo’s mission at scale. This role will help shape strategy and execution for new and existing Indian language courses. This role must be based in Pittsburgh, PA. No accommodations for remote or other locations will be provided. 🧠 You will... - Lead curriculum and learning design for one or more South Asian languages (starting with Hindi), balancing delight, cultural relevance, and measurable learning impact. - Leverage human-in-the-loop AI workflows and prompt engineering to generate and refine high-quality content efficiently while maintaining Duolingo’s quality bar. - Establish and maintain content quality systems (guidelines, rubrics, review workflows) to ensure linguistic accuracy, difficulty calibration, consistency, and brand voice across features and languages. - Partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, Engineering, and Scaling Operations to plan roadmaps, ship experiments, and build scalable content generation processes. - Contribute to strategy for teaching Hindi and other South Asian languages, informed by an understanding of the wider regional linguistic and cultural context. - Help identify, recruit, onboard, and manage freelance educators, linguists, cultural consultants, and language reviewers representing relevant regions and communities. ✅ You have... - Hindi teaching curriculum expertise. You have deep proficiency in Hindi and substantial experience teaching it as an additional language. You understand its grammar, pronunciation, writing system, registers, variation, and common learner challenges. You have experience designing Hindi curricula. - India-centered cultural and regional expertise. Your cultural expertise is deepest in India, and you understand the broader South Asian sociolinguistic and sociopolitical context. You can navigate questions of language and identity, script, register, standardization, multilingualism, regional variation, and cross-border language communities with nuance. - Knowledge and curiosity about India’s broader linguistic landscape. You are familiar with Hindi’s place within the Indo-Aryan language family, including its relationship with Urdu and points of comparison with languages such as Punjabi and Bengali. You’re eager and able to deepen your knowledge of other Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages quickly, and to collaborate effectively with language experts when working beyond your direct expertise. - Linguistics training and typological awareness. You have a background in linguistics, including language typology, and can apply it to unfamiliar languages – working effectively with language experts to identify learning challenges and design accurate, pedagogically sound courses. - Analytical thinking. You can evaluate linguistic questions systematically, distinguish errors from acceptable variation, and make clear decisions when conventions differ. You’re curious about AI-enabled, human-in-the-loop systems and excited to learn how to use them to support quality at scale. - Creativity and product sense. You can transform serious learning objectives into experiences that feel approachable, playful, culturally meaningful, and motivating. - Operational strength. You can lead complex projects, manage dependencies, maintain rigorous documentation, and improve processes without sacrificing quality. - Excellent communication and collaboration. You communicate complex linguistic and pedagogical concepts clearly to both specialists and non-specialists. You give and receive feedback well and build productive relationships across disciplines. - Relevant academic or equivalent professional preparation. You have a graduate degree (or equivalent practical experience) in Applied Linguistics, Language Education, Linguistics, Instructional Design, Learning Science, Indian or South Asian Languages, South Asian Studies, or a related field. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Working familiarity with Dravidian languages (particularly Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada) and understanding of key typological and pedagogical differences between Indo-Aryan and Dravidian language families. - Experience building human-in-the-loop generative-AI workflows for multilingual educational content. - Experience designing consumer-facing mobile or app-based language-learning products. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $142,800 - $193,200 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 17, 2026

Director of Ad Platform Operations

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... Duolingo’s Ads business helps fund our mission by keeping core learning free while raising the bar on ad quality. We’re looking for a Director of Ad Platform Operations to lead the technical and operational backbone of Duolingo Ads across direct-sold and programmatic. This role sits at the intersection of AdOps, technical account management, and programmatic strategy: you will own campaign delivery quality, troubleshoot complex issues with buyers and platforms, shape how we package and scale PMP / PG demand, and build the systems, processes, and team that make our ads business more reliable and more scalable. You’ll partner closely with Sales, Account Management, Product, Engineering, Data, Finance, buyers, DSPs, SSPs, and external AdOps partners to improve campaign performance and operational excellence. Success in this role means building a high-accountability operating model across GAM architecture, QA, reporting, pacing, partner onboarding, and technical support—while helping Duolingo evolve from a mostly open-auction setup into a more premium, deal-led programmatic business. 🧠 You will... - Own Google Ad Manager (GAM) structure and hygiene including canonical ad unit design, yield group logic, order and line-item standards alongside trafficking, QA, and launch workflows with clear SLAs and escalation paths. - Act as the senior escalation point for complex campaign delivery issues across direct, PMP, and PG deals, working directly with buyers, DSPs, SSPs, and internal teams including monitoring pacing, reconciling 1P/3P reporting discrepancies, and flagging under-delivery risk with recommended fixes. - Partner with Sales and Account Management on pre-sale feasibility, targeting and tagging requirements, measurement questions, and programmatic deal setup and build the documentation and training that lets commercial teams sell technical ad products without constant specialist support. - Accelerate premium programmatic revenue by packaging inventory, configuring always-on and custom PMP/PG deals, and onboarding new SSPs, demand sources, and measurement vendors scaling premium demand without degrading UX or operational quality. - Identify the critical resources, people, vendor partners, and technology required for ad operations to scale, and drive prioritization across them. ✅ You have... - 8+ years in digital advertising, AdOps, or technical advertising solutions, with deep hands-on expertise in Google Ad Manager, trafficking, QA, troubleshooting, pacing, reporting, and campaign delivery across direct and programmatic. - Experience working directly with buyers, DSPs, SSPs, or publisher-side programmatic teams to resolve technical campaign issues grounded in strong knowledge of programmatic buying, measurement, ad verification, targeting, deal types, and the operational realities of PMP and PG execution. - A proven ability to build or scale operational systems, including SLA-based support workflows, escalation paths, QA processes, documentation, and ticket-based issue management. - Experience partnering cross-functionally with Sales, Account Management, Product, Engineering, and Data in a fast-moving environment with evolving products and imperfect systems. - Sound judgment, strong communication skills, and the ability to stay hands-on in the details while setting strategy and raising the bar for how the function operates. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Experience helping a premium publisher or consumer app scale from open-auction programmatic toward a deal-led PMP/PG model including first-party data signaling, audience packaging, and other ways publishers make inventory more valuable to buyers. - Experience with video and mobile app ad products, including the technical requirements around viewability, click tracking, measurement, and creative QA. - Experience managing globally distributed operations support, including offshore or external vendor partners. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $196,000 - $294,000 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 12, 2026

Senior Product Manager

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in! Our Product Managers (PMs) have ownership over product optimizations and features, from independently run experiments to major product decisions . Backed by strong analytical skills and business acumen, and inspired by access to senior leadership and transparency into how they make product decisions, our PMs develop insights that lead to new product ideas and Duolingo’s next beloved feature. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role... We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager to drive monetization and growth across Duolingo’s consumer product. In this role, you’ll identify and execute high-impact opportunities to grow the number of subscribers — improving how users discover, experience, and choose paid offerings. You’ll work across product, marketing, data science, and design to build and optimize user journeys, run experiments, and develop systems that scale. This is a high-impact role with direct ownership of business outcomes, and the opportunity to flex across a range of growth and monetization problems as our product evolves. 🧠 You will... - Build and optimize user experiences that drive conversion, retention, and long-term value - Identify high-impact opportunities through data, research, and experimentation - Partner with design to create simple, intuitive, and compelling user experiences - Work cross-functionally with marketing, data science, and engineering to deliver end-to-end solutions - Define strategy and prioritize across multiple growth and monetization initiatives - Move quickly in ambiguous areas, bringing structure and clarity to complex problems ✅ You have... - Experience driving measurable outcomes in consumer products (e.g., growth, retention, or monetization) - Strong product judgment and a track record of running experiments to improve performance - Comfort working with data and making decisions in imperfect or evolving environments - Ability to collaborate effectively across teams and influence without authority - A bias toward action and ownership, with a focus on delivering results The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: ¥804,949 - ¥1,088,971 CNY Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 4, 2026

Senior Data Science Manager, User Growth

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. With over 500 million users and rapid expansion across new subjects and markets, Duolingo's growth trajectory demands world-class analytical leadership. We're hiring a Senior Data Science Manager to lead the data science function within our Growth pillar, one of the most consequential areas of the business. This person will own all aspects of product data science, forecasting, and business intelligence for User Growth. They will lead a team of 6 to 10 data scientists spanning staff to junior levels, with a mandate to coach, develop, and grow their careers while also expanding the team by hiring exceptional talent over time. The ideal candidate combines deep technical fluency in forecasting, statistical/ML modeling, and experimentation with genuine leadership ability: the kind of person who raises the bar for everyone around them. This role reports to the Head of Data Science & Analytics and partners closely with cross-functional leadership in Engineering, Product, Design, and Finance. 🧠 You will... - Set the analytical vision and roadmap for User Growth data science, ensuring the team's work is tightly aligned with company-level priorities and pillar-level goals. - Lead a team of 6 to 10 data scientists. Build a culture of professional growth, intellectual rigor, creative problem-solving, and shipping impact. Grow the team over time by attracting and hiring outstanding talent. - Support and evolve the practice of embedding Data Scientists within product development teams, simultaneously maintaining strong stakeholder connection and function cohesion. - Own the design, execution, and interpretation of experiments and analyses that drive decisions on user acquisition, activation, retention, and reengagement. Improve and advocate for the methodological standards that ensure we learn reliably from every test. - Develop and maintain user growth forecasting systems. Partner with Finance and Product to deliver credible, timely forecasts of key growth metrics and ensure leadership has the quantitative foundation to set targets and allocate resources. - Drive business intelligence strategy within Growth, including the metrics layer, self-serve dashboards, and the analytical infrastructure that enables others to operate with data fluency. - Translate complex analytical findings into clear narratives for senior leadership and cross-functional partners. Influence strategic decisions through a combination of technical depth and effective communication. - Collaborate across organizational boundaries with Product Management, Engineering, Design, Marketing, and Finance to elevate every phase of product development. ✅ You have... - Experience using data science and analytics to solve product and business problems. - Experience managing 5+ person data science teams. - A graduate degree in Data Science, Statistics, Economics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent demonstrated expertise in formal analytical techniques. - Applied industry experience using causal inference, experimentation, and/or machine learning models. You routinely use analytical tools in messy real world settings where details, confounds, and the validity of assumptions matter. - Proven ability to build, lead, and grow a high-performing data science team. You have a track record of hiring well, developing people across levels, managing performance, and creating an environment where talented scientists do their best work. - Strong command of SQL, Python or R, and data/analytics engineering ecosystems. You do not need to write production pipelines, but you need to go deep when the work requires it. - Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to distill complex quantitative work into crisp, actionable insights for diverse audiences. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Experience operating at a high-growth, data-intensive consumer technology company. - Experience developing and implementing a long-range analytical vision that shaped product strategy and business outcomes. - Demonstrated success in building forecasting systems or attribution models at scale. - Experience navigating the transition from growth-stage to scaled public company, including the analytical demands that come with investor-grade reporting and forecasting. - Experience with AI and machine learning as applied to user behavior modeling, notification optimization, or personalization. - An impressive Duolingo streak. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $204,000 - $306,000 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoJul 28, 2026

Senior AI Research Engineer

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems , running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s both fun and meaningful. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role... We are looking for a Senior AI Research Engineer to join our Duolingo Video Call team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record as an AI research engineer, with experience across various machine learning techniques including large language models, speech models, benchmarking, and/or personalization. They will have experience at multiple levels of the ML stack, including feature engineering, developing training data, fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, quality evaluations, deployment, and monitoring. On the Video Call team, we’re building AI systems that support the core learning mission of Duolingo, improving the learning experience and helping our learners build healthy, productive habits. Given the wide array of AI domains, broad experience in AI/ML is highly desirable. 🧠 You will... - Join a full-stack team of frontend, backend and other AI Research engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment. - Contribute to the development and training of a variety of machine learning models, including large-scale neural networks, speech recognition, and text-to-speech systems. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand their needs, to align the models’ outputs with company objectives. - Participate in and influence strategic product and business decision making with members of the Language Learning leadership group. - Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in machine learning and apply this knowledge to drive advancements in our projects. - Mentor team members, providing guidance and support in their professional development. - Ensure the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and efficient machine learning solutions. ✅ You have... - Proven experience as an AI research engineer, for example, in LLMs, multimodal modeling, speech, or related fields. - Strong background in training and fine-tuning large models in an applied setting. - Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with a focus on machine learning or artificial intelligence, or equivalent experience. - Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to lead and inspire a team. - Technical depth sufficient to guide architecture and implementation trade‑offs, evolve quality standards, and mentor engineers on best practices. - Deep understanding of machine learning concepts, frameworks, and best practices. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $197,200 - $266,800 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoJul 29, 2026

Recruiter II

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... We’re looking for a Recruiter II to hire exceptional talent across Duolingo’s non-technical functions. You’ll run full‑cycle searches, partner closely with hiring managers to define profiles, build strong pipelines, and deliver a white‑glove candidate experience. You’ll balance speed and quality, use data to inform decisions, and help maintain Duolingo’s high talent bar. 🧠 You will... - Own full‑cycle recruiting (intake, sourcing, assessments, offers) and drive efficient, high‑quality hiring outcomes for various roles in our non‑technical functions, with potential to work on some technical roles. - Partner with hiring managers to align on role requirements, interview plans, and timelines; help set clear expectations and keep searches on track. - Support intake meetings and recruiting syncs by sharing updates, surfacing insights, and recommending next steps. - Execute strong recruiting operations: manage timelines, track progress, and proactively communicate status updates and risks, complying with standardized processes and usage of tools. - Deliver an excellent candidate experience with timely communication, structured assessments, and clear feedback loops from first touch to close. - Use data to inform your work: monitor funnel health, identify trends, and suggest improvements to your searches. - Use a mix of internal and third‑party tools, including AI. ✅ You have... - 3+ years of full‑cycle recruiting experience, including sourcing and closing for technical roles like engineering, data science, and/or AI roles. - Experience hiring for moderately complex roles (e.g., industry hires, early-career or internship roles, or program management roles). - Ability to manage multiple searches at once while maintaining strong organization and candidate experience. - Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; you build trust and keep hiring partners aligned. - Experience using recruiting data (e.g., pipeline metrics, conversion rates) to inform your approach and your stakeholders. - Comfortable ideating, building, and experimenting with AI tools, like ChatGPT to support recruiting workflows. - Ability to work from or relocate to Pittsburgh, PA. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - A deep alignment with Duolingo’s mission. - Experience recruiting across multiple technical functions. - Deep knowledge of the current hiring landscape, including current trends and platforms. - Experience recruiting in tech, startups, or high-growth companies. - Experience with tools like Gem, Brighthire, Guide, and Greenhouse. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $119,000 - $161,000 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 13, 2026

Director of Sourcing

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... Duolingo is seeking a Director of Sourcing to lead and evolve how we identify, engage, and build relationships with top talent. This role sits within Talent Acquisition and focuses on improving sourcing strategy and effectiveness, elevating team capabilities, and delivering strong pipelines against hiring priorities. You will partner closely with Recruiting leaders, Hiring Managers, and Function Leads to translate business needs into actionable sourcing strategies, using data and market insights to drive continuous improvement. This role is based in Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY. 🧠 You will... - Develop and implement sourcing strategies across priority roles and functions, ensuring consistent, high‑quality pipelines aligned to hiring needs. - Collaborate with recruiters and hiring managers to calibrate target profiles and translate hiring goals into actionable sourcing plans that complement broader recruiting strategies. - Build and maintain proactive pipelines for high‑priority and hard-to‑fill roles, including structured approaches to candidate engagement and re‑engagement. - Identify opportunities to improve tools, workflows, and processes within sourcing; test and implement new approaches that increase efficiency and candidate quality. - Define and track key sourcing metrics (e.g., pipeline health, conversion, efficiency), using data and market insights to identify gaps, adjust strategies, and provide visibility into impact. - Coach and support recruiters and sourcers on best practices to raise the bar on sourcing quality, candidate engagement, and market insights. - Lead cross‑functional initiatives that reduce friction in the hiring funnel, drive adoption of improvements, and increase overall sourcing effectiveness. ✅ You have... - 10+ years of experience in sourcing, recruiting, or talent acquisition within high‑growth or tech environments, including 3+ years managing people. - A track record of solving complex recruiting challenges and leading initiatives from strategy through execution. - Strong cross‑functional collaboration skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment. - Demonstrated ability to use data and market insights to inform decisions and improve outcomes. - Experience improving processes, tools, and ways of working within recruiting or sourcing organizations. - Clear, direct communication skills and sound judgment, including navigating and delivering difficult messages when needed. - Ability to work from or relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Experience building structured talent communities and long‑term engagement programs that convert to hires. - Hands‑on evaluation and rollout of sourcing technologies, ATS/CRM integrations, and workflow improvements. - Demonstrated success scaling sourcing practices across a recruiting team or function. - Advanced capability building for sourcers and recruiters (playbooks, training, rubrics) with measurable uplift in pipeline quality. - Comfort operating at the L4 director scope: high autonomy, domain leadership, and cross‑functional influence within Talent Acquisition. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $163,200 - $244,800 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 7, 2026

Talent Attraction Partner

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... We’re looking for a Talent Attraction Partner to partner closely with our industry-leading recruiting team, driving both outbound and referral talent efforts. In this role, you’ll be on the front lines of identifying, engaging, and inspiring top engineering talent to join our mission. 🧠 You will... - Partner with Recruiters and Hiring Managers to develop and implement tailored sourcing strategies for high-volume technical roles, with a key focus on mobile and software engineering. - Proactively build and maintain a strong pipeline of top-tier technical talent using a mix of outbound sourcing and CRM re-engagement - Attend intake meetings to deeply understand each role’s requirements - Conduct recruiter screens to evaluate technical alignment and share calibrated recommendations with the hiring manager. - Own the creation of market maps and talent intelligence reports that provide total addressable market (TAM) insights, inform sourcing strategies, and help prioritize pipeline efforts. - Run A/B tests on outreach strategies and continuously iterate to improve candidate funnel performance. - Balance speed and precision, reaching out to volume at scale without sacrificing personalization or quality of engagement. ✅ You have... - A Bachelor’s degree - 2+ years of sourcing experience with a focus on quality high-volume outbound support for engineering roles - Proven ability to develop and nurture relationships with diverse and hard-to-reach talent pools. - Proficiency in G-Suite, Greenhouse, and sourcing tools (Gem and SeekOut). - Fluent in Boolean logic and skilled in CRM re-engagement searches to unlock value from talent communities. - Excellent time management and organizational skills, with strong attention to detail and a proactive problem-solving mindset. - Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and iterating on sourcing strategies as business needs evolve. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - A data-driven approach that balances speed and precision in candidate engagement. - A long-running Duolingo streak (bonus points 😄). The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $119,000 - $161,000 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 13, 2026

Director of Ad Platform Operations

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... Duolingo’s Ads business helps fund our mission by keeping core learning free while raising the bar on ad quality. We’re looking for a Director of Ad Platform Operations to lead the technical and operational backbone of Duolingo Ads across direct-sold and programmatic. This role sits at the intersection of AdOps, technical account management, and programmatic strategy: you will own campaign delivery quality, troubleshoot complex issues with buyers and platforms, shape how we package and scale PMP / PG demand, and build the systems, processes, and team that make our ads business more reliable and more scalable. You’ll partner closely with Sales, Account Management, Product, Engineering, Data, Finance, buyers, DSPs, SSPs, and external AdOps partners to improve campaign performance and operational excellence. Success in this role means building a high-accountability operating model across GAM architecture, QA, reporting, pacing, partner onboarding, and technical support—while helping Duolingo evolve from a mostly open-auction setup into a more premium, deal-led programmatic business. 🧠 You will... - Own Google Ad Manager (GAM) structure and hygiene including canonical ad unit design, yield group logic, order and line-item standards alongside trafficking, QA, and launch workflows with clear SLAs and escalation paths. - Act as the senior escalation point for complex campaign delivery issues across direct, PMP, and PG deals, working directly with buyers, DSPs, SSPs, and internal teams including monitoring pacing, reconciling 1P/3P reporting discrepancies, and flagging under-delivery risk with recommended fixes. - Partner with Sales and Account Management on pre-sale feasibility, targeting and tagging requirements, measurement questions, and programmatic deal setup and build the documentation and training that lets commercial teams sell technical ad products without constant specialist support. - Accelerate premium programmatic revenue by packaging inventory, configuring always-on and custom PMP/PG deals, and onboarding new SSPs, demand sources, and measurement vendors scaling premium demand without degrading UX or operational quality. - Identify the critical resources, people, vendor partners, and technology required for ad operations to scale, and drive prioritization across them. ✅ You have... - 8+ years in digital advertising, AdOps, or technical advertising solutions, with deep hands-on expertise in Google Ad Manager, trafficking, QA, troubleshooting, pacing, reporting, and campaign delivery across direct and programmatic. - Experience working directly with buyers, DSPs, SSPs, or publisher-side programmatic teams to resolve technical campaign issues grounded in strong knowledge of programmatic buying, measurement, ad verification, targeting, deal types, and the operational realities of PMP and PG execution. - A proven ability to build or scale operational systems, including SLA-based support workflows, escalation paths, QA processes, documentation, and ticket-based issue management. - Experience partnering cross-functionally with Sales, Account Management, Product, Engineering, and Data in a fast-moving environment with evolving products and imperfect systems. - Sound judgment, strong communication skills, and the ability to stay hands-on in the details while setting strategy and raising the bar for how the function operates. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Experience helping a premium publisher or consumer app scale from open-auction programmatic toward a deal-led PMP/PG model including first-party data signaling, audience packaging, and other ways publishers make inventory more valuable to buyers. - Experience with video and mobile app ad products, including the technical requirements around viewability, click tracking, measurement, and creative QA. - Experience managing globally distributed operations support, including offshore or external vendor partners. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $196,000 - $294,000 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 12, 2026

Ad Sales Lead, Central

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... Join us to build Duolingo Ads, Duolingo’s direct ad business. Most learners use our free, ad-supported app, so high-quality ads are core to our mission. We’re hiring an Ad Sales Lead in Chicago to open and lead the Central region. This is a senior individual-contributor role for a seller who can both win business and help shape how we scale: you’ll set regional strategy, build a high-quality pipeline across priority verticals, cultivate senior relationships with brands and agencies, and close high-impact deals that delight learners and drive revenue. You’ll partner closely with sales leadership and the cross-functional ads team to influence pricing, packaging, market prioritization, and the broader go-to-market motion as Duolingo Ads grows. This is a high-ownership, early-stage opportunity to help define the trajectory of ads on Duolingo for hundreds of millions of learners. 🧠 You will... - Own the Central region’s direct ads strategy and revenue outcomes, including named-account prioritization, pipeline development, forecasting, and quarterly execution. - Build and grow senior relationships across brands and agencies, opening new logos and expanding strategic accounts into long-term, high-value partnerships. - Lead complex, high-impact deals end-to-end, from prospecting and positioning through negotiation, close, renewal, and expansion. - Translate Duolingo’s unique strengths, including premium attention, native formats, character IP, and brand equity, into clear commercial narratives tailored to advertiser objectives. - Partner closely with Account Management, Ad Ops, Product, Design, and Engineering to move deals forward, shape feasible programs, and improve the advertiser and learner experience. - Share actionable market feedback with sales and product leadership to inform pricing, packaging, measurement, and future ad formats. - Help establish repeatable systems and standards for a growing ads business, including account planning, CRM hygiene, proposal quality, and pipeline rigor. ✅ You have... - 8+ years of experience in direct digital ad sales, with a strong track record of building senior client relationships and closing meaningful new business. - Success selling premium video and native/custom ad formats in digital, mobile, or consumer app environments. - Proven ability to operate as a senior seller in an early-stage or evolving business, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution. - Strong commercial judgment across pricing, packaging, negotiation, and account prioritization. - Ability to influence senior decision makers at brands and agencies while working effectively with cross-functional partners internally. - Strong understanding of ad tech and mobile app ecosystems, and comfort using data to assess campaign performance, shape proposals, and inform sales strategy. - Excellent communication and presentation skills, with a clear, persuasive style and comfort operating in ambiguity. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Established relationships with senior brand and agency leaders across the Central region. - Experience building a direct ads business from 0→1 or scaling a newer ads product within a publisher or platform environment. - Experience shaping go-to-market strategy, sales process, or regional coverage models beyond your own book of business. - Familiarity with managed-service and programmatic sales motions, including how they complement one another in a scaled ads business. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $140,000 - $210,000 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoJul 28, 2026

Ad Sales Lead - West

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... Join us to build Duolingo Ads, Duolingo’s direct ad business. Most learners use our free, ad‑supported app—so great ads are core to our mission. We’re hiring a Head of West Coast Sales to open and scale our West Coast region. You will set regional strategy, build and lead a high‑performing team, and own revenue outcomes across priority verticals and agency holding companies. As a player/coach, you’ll cultivate senior‑level relationships, shape pricing and packaging with leadership, and close high‑impact deals that both delight learners and drive revenue while leading a team of sellers. This is a high‑ownership, early‑stage opportunity to help define how ads show up for hundreds of millions of learners while building a repeatable, data‑driven go‑to‑market. 🧠 You will... - Own West Coast revenue targets and forecasting; build a healthy, predictable pipeline across named accounts and agency groups, and deliver against quarterly goals. - Develop and execute the regional go‑to‑market strategy, including territory design, vertical focus, pricing/packaging inputs, and coverage plans as we scale. - Hire, coach, and lead a small team of sellers over time; establish operating rhythms, deal reviews, and CRM hygiene standards that improve forecast accuracy and execution. - Build and deepen senior relationships at brands and agencies; open new logos and expand strategic accounts with clear commercial narratives that map Duolingo’s unique strengths (design, IP, native formats) to client objectives. - Lead complex deals end‑to‑end—from prospecting and positioning through negotiation, close, renewal, and expansion—partnering tightly with Account Management and Ad Ops for flawless delivery. - Share actionable market feedback with sales and product leadership to inform pricing, packaging, measurement, and ad experiences while protecting the learner experience. - Operate with speed and rigor in a startup‑like environment, building repeatable sales motions, outreach cadences, and team practices that scale from 0→1 and 1→N. ✅ You have... - 8+ years of direct digital ad sales experience with a consistent track record of hunting, closing, and renewing in premium mobile or consumer app environments. - Success selling video and native/custom formats and structuring innovative agreements with top‑tier advertisers and agencies. - Proven ability to engage senior decision makers while rolling up your sleeves to build collateral, troubleshoot issues, and drive revenue personally. - Strong understanding of ad tech and mobile app ecosystems, with skill using data to assess performance and inform pricing and packaging. - Excellent communication and presentation skills, and comfort operating with ambiguity at high velocity. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Established relationships across West Coast brand and agency decision makers. - Experience introducing or scaling a new ads product from 0→1 within a publisher or platform environment. - Experience shaping regional GTM, sales process, or coverage models beyond an individual book of business. - Familiarity partnering with Account Management and Ad Ops on native/custom programs and live‑campaign storytelling to drive renewals. - Vertical expertise in Entertainment, Gaming, Streaming, or Tech that accelerates early traction. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $140,000 - $210,000 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 13, 2026

Senior Engineering Manager

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... The Monetization Pillar focuses on Duolingo’s key business drivers—subscriptions, ads, and in-app purchases. Our goal is to build the best premium experiences for our learners while ensuring the sustainability and success of our business model. You will play an instrumental role in the strategic direction of Duolingo by developing and refining the methods that make our monetization efforts more effective and efficient. We’re seeking engineering leaders who are passionate about bottom-line business impact, and who bring fresh insights and a creative technical approach. 🧠 You will... - Co-lead a cross-functional pod with Product and Design to define strategy, success metrics, and an execution roadmap for one of Duolingo’s Monetization teams. - Partner with design and product to ship experiences that feel native to Duolingo: delightful, well-paced, and respectful of the learner without compromising monetization performance. - Collaborate with data science and ML partners to design experiments, apply personalization and targeting, and translate insights into product improvements and bookings growth. - Own planning and execution for projects that directly impact revenue; identify the right team-level metrics to optimize and protect delivery through clear milestones and risk management. - Bring both technical and product perspectives to new ideas, enabling rapid hypothesis testing without sacrificing reliability, observability, or long-term maintainability. - Set and uphold engineering quality standards and practices that improve reliability, scalability, and operability. ✅ You have... - Experience leading, managing, and building a team of software engineers, with demonstrated ability to hire, develop, and retain talent. - Direct experience working on engineering teams that build and operate monetization systems. - A track record of owning multi-engineer, multi-week technical projects to successful outcomes in a highly experimental, data-driven environment. - Strong product instincts and excellent written/verbal communication, with experience aligning diverse stakeholders across engineering, product, design, and analytics. - Experience working closely with data, experimentation, or machine learning teams to inform prioritization and ship measurable impact (direct ML expertise not required). - Demonstrated ability to raise the bar on engineering practices for reliability, scalability, and observability. - Technical depth sufficient to guide architecture and implementation trade‑offs, evolve quality standards, and mentor engineers on best practices. ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Deep experience with subscription systems at scale, billing and entitlements, StoreKit/Google Play Billing, receipt validation, renewals, refunds, and payment reliability across platforms. - A strong track record of designing and shipping paywalls, upgrade flows, and trial experiences in mobile apps, with attention to UX quality and conversion performance. - Experience running a high-velocity experimentation program on revenue surfaces, including ML-powered personalization and targeting of offers within consumer apps. - Experience with pricing and packaging levers — plan/tier design, regional pricing, promotional offers, and family or multi-seat products — and the systems needed to test them safely. - Demonstrated impact on subscriber retention and churn: win-back campaigns, cancellation flows, grace period and dunning handling, and lifecycle messaging informed by LTV modeling. - Fluency with subscription economics and the metrics leadership cares about (trial-to-paid, ARPU, gross vs. net bookings, cohort retention, LTV/CAC), and experience building the instrumentation and reporting behind them. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: ¥898,302 - ¥1,347,453 CNY Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 12, 2026

Senior Software Engineer

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... The Monetization Pillar focuses on Duolingo’s key business drivers—subscriptions, ads, and in-app purchases. Our goal is to build the best premium experiences for our learners while ensuring the sustainability and success of our business model. As a senior iOS Engineer, you will play an instrumental role in the strategic direction of Duolingo by developing and refining the methods that make our monetization efforts more effective and efficient. You'll work cross functionally with product, design, data science, machine learning, and ad operations. 🧠 You will... - Collaborate on software projects with product design and backend aspects - Develop, release, and maintain native iOS applications, primarily in Swift - Mentor and set technical direction for junior engineers across the company ✅ You have... - A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field - A solid foundation in computer science with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design - Programming experience in Swift ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Strong proficiency in Swift, with proven ability to build and maintain production-level applications - Strong technical knowledge of iOS mobile application development for iPhone/iPad using Swift with Cocoa Touch and related frameworks - Experience designing clean and maintainable APIs - Experience with multithreaded programming - Experience writing unit tests and testable code - Knowledge of iOS SDK performance tools and optimization techniques The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: ¥804,949 - ¥1,088,971 CNY Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here . Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com . Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information. By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice .

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 12, 2026

Software Engineer II, Backend

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems , running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s both fun and meaningful. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Below you can find more information about the team we're hiring for: Ads: Duolingo's Monetization pillar builds the systems that fund our mission — from subscription packaging and advertising to ML-powered personalization. As a Senior iOS Engineer on the Ads team, you'll work on a product engineering team responsible for growing and scaling Duolingo's ads business: high-quality ads that delight learners, fit seamlessly into the product experience, and meaningfully contribute to our bottom line. The team owns ad serving, mediation and demand, in-product ad formats and surfaces, and more. You'll work cross-functionally with product, design, data science, machine learning, and ad operations. 🧠 You will... - Collaborate on software projects with product design and backend aspects - Develop, release, and maintain backend services and/or infrastructure - Lead individual project priorities, milestones, and ensure we're always shipping ✅ You have... - A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field - Strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design - Experience programming in Java, Python, or Kotlin - Solid understanding of one or more database technologies ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Industry experience building high-traffic APIs using public cloud providers - Experience with industry observability technology, such as OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, or DataDog. The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $153,000 - $207,000 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits her

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 10, 2026

Managing Editor

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more. About the role... We're looking for a Managing Editor, Character IP to lead Duolingo's manga and anime expansion in Japan. This isn't a role for someone who manages timelines and coordinates vendors from a distance. You'll get into the weeds — developing Duo's Japanese character voice, writing plots when needed, identifying the right manga artists, and building the studio and TV network relationships that turn a great concept into something millions of people actually watch. Our roadmap goes manga first, then anime, with a TV morning show slot (think Chiikawa) as the target format for animation. This role reports into the Director of Design Studio Brand team, with a dotted line to the Director of Country Marketing Japan and Korea team. 🧠 You will... - Set and uphold Duolingo’s high quality bar across all creative projects in this pipeline - Partner with Design Studio Creative Directors to define Duo's Japanese character profile — tone of voice, personality details, backstory — while staying true to his globally established character bible - Write your own plots and lead original story development when needed - Scout and brief manga artists and illustrators who match the look and feel we're going for - Build and manage relationships with publishers and editors to get manga projects off the ground - Select and manage anime production studios — handling contracts, budgets, schedules, and quality - Pitch to and build relationships with TV networks, with the goal of securing a morning show slot - Set visual quality standards appropriate to each format and platform (TV, streaming, short-form) - Keep global and local stakeholders aligned and get buy-in at the right moments ✅ You have... - Hands-on manga editing / directing experience at a publisher, editorial production company, or IP firm - Proven ability to develop original stories — you've written plots yourself, not just managed others who do - Sharp editorial / directorial instincts for capturing a character's voice and making it feel alive on the page - Real relationships with publishers, manga artists, and writers, and a track record of getting projects made - Working knowledge of anime production: studio contracts, budgets, and how to get quality work at a fair value - Existing connections with major TV networks and experience pitching concepts for broadcast slots - Exceptional collaboration skills, seeking consensus and feedback when making decisions - Business-level English needed for collaborating with our global team — strong writt

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 10, 2026

Software Engineer II, Android

Negotiable

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems , running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s both fun and meaningful. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the Role... Below you can find more information about the teams we're hiring for: Subscriber Conversion Team: The Subscriber Conversion team owns the surfaces that turn learners into subscribers and keep them subscribed including in-app hooks and paywalls, the purchase flow, pricing and packaging, payments, and subscription partnerships. The team is highly experimental, running a steady stream of A/B tests across iOS, Android, backend, and web, and balances quick optimizations on high-traffic surfaces with larger bets like new tiers and partner offerings. 🧠 You will... - Collaborate on software projects with product design and backend aspects - Develop, release, and maintain native Android application features in Kotlin - Mentor and set technical direction for junior engineers on the team ✅ You have... - A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field - Programming experience in Kotlin on Android - The ability to communicate technical issues effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have... - Strong programming experience building reactive Android apps - Demonstrated self-direction, with a desire both to learn new techniques and mentor others - Experience designing clean and maintainable APIs - Experience writing unit tests and testable code The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role! Salary Range: $153,000 - $207,000 USD Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here . Job Alerts:</st

👤 HumanFull-time
By DuolingoAug 10, 2026

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