Senior Engineering Manager

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 a Senior 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.

Listen to why Basim Baig, one of our Senior Engineering Managers, loves Pittsburgh!

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

Growth Area:

• Duolingo's Growth area is focused on making our app more engaging, rewarding, and fun. This team will build and evolve classic features like the streak and more recent features, like in-app events (Friends Quest, Daily Quests), that keep learners motivated and coming back. As part of one of the most experiment-driven groups at Duolingo, the team plays a key role in driving DAUs through playful, habit-forming experiences.

  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.

  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

  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.

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

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 [email protected].

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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