Duolingo is hiring a

Senior Engineering Manager

New York, United States

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 Engineering Manager at Duolingo, you will have the opportunity to grow as both a software engineer and an engineering leader. In this role, you’ll join Duolingo’s rapidly growing engineering organization to lead mission critical projects from end to end, contribute to product strategy, and lead a team of world-class engineers.

Below you can find more information about the teams we're hiring for:

 

Learning Scaling Area:
The Learning Scaling Area’s mission is to ensure that all of Duolingo’s learners have access to high-quality educational content. We leverage pedagogical experts and AI to create content for over 100 courses. You will be responsible for building and improving the infrastructure and tooling that drives content creation.

 

Math Team:

  • The Math team creates software to help adult learners overcome math anxiety and realize that math can be fun. We want to do for math what Duolingo has already done for language: Create the best education in the world and make it universally available.

 

Infrastructure Platform Area:
  • As an engineering manager on the Observability team at Duolingo, you'll lead a team of engineers building the technology that provides critical insights into how our software is performing. Your team will be instrumental in developing the tools and systems that ensure Duolingo remains reliable, scalable, and consistently delivers a high-quality experience for millions of learners globally.

 

icon-brain-16px  You will...

  • Lead and develop a team of software engineers, including task planning, technical leadership, and career development of your reports.
  • Own the overall planning, execution, and success of projects that directly improve our top-line business metrics.
  • Lead the development of new features and/or microservices in an innovative and fast-paced environment.
  • Collaborate with product teams across the company to find new imaginative opportunities to increase company business metrics, like DAUs, revenue, retention, and app performance.
  • Identify best practices and tools to maximize our ability to build and maintain features and services.

 

icon-check-16px  You have...

  • Experience in guiding a software engineering team and setting technical direction.
  • Experience in leading cross-functional software engineering projects.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • B.A./B.S. in Computer Science or a related field

 

icon-star-16px  Exceptional candidates will have...

  • Experience in fast-growing, consumer-facing, data-driven startups, ideally mobile app-based.
  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related field.

Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here.

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.

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.

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We post a multi-level salary range for all of our roles.

This is not inclusive of the rest of our awesome portfolio that includes equity compensation and world-class benefits. Our salary ranges are the same for all US locations. Your recruiter can share more details about the range for a specific level during the hiring process. The actual salary within the range is determined by many factors including but not limited to, skills, experience, education, and internal equity.

Salary Range:
$144,500$294,000 USD
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