Senior Platform Engineer

  • 5 days (37-42 days PTO)
  • Hybird Remote, Beijing

Posted 6 months ago

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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

As an Engineer in the Infrastructure Platform area, you will have direct impact on the work of our entire engineering organization, and will help ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of our products.

We have opportunities on one of our core Infrastructure Platform team:
  • The Cloud Operations team is responsible for all of our infrastructure, and focuses primarily on making sure engineering teams have all the tools and support they need to build features our learners love. You will use and develop innovative tools to enable growth and stability across all Duolingo services and platforms. You will also act as an advisor for how to best apply these tools internally to accurately deploy, manage, monitor, and control the costs of production services.
icon-brain-16px  You will...
  • Design and implement tools that help engineering teams focus on shipping features, while making sure we build infrastructure that is cost-efficient, secure and reliable.
  • Streamline operational and development practices in order to provide an effective self-service platform to other Duolingo engineers.
  • Monitor our infrastructure and develop strategies to keep our costs within budget and manage our capacity.
icon-check-16px  You have...
  • Design and implement tools that help engineering teams focus on shipping features, while making sure we build infrastructure that is cost-efficient, secure and reliable.
  • Streamline operational and development practices in order to provide an effective self-service platform to other Duolingo engineers.
  • Monitor our infrastructure and develop strategies to keep our costs within budget and manage our capacity.

icon-alert-16pxRequirements...

  • Relevant work experience, including industry experience.
  • Experience with one or more configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, Chef) or infrastructure management tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)
  • Familiarity with containerization runtimes (Docker, rkt)
  • Functional knowledge of Linux system administration and automation
icon-star-16px  Exceptional candidates will have...
  • Extensive experience in fast-growing, consumer-facing, data-driven startups, ideally mobile app-based.
  • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
  • Experience running a large infrastructure on AWS, Google Cloud, or Alibaba Cloud
  • Confirmed ability to navigate highly regulated networking environments (cross-border traffic optimization, multi-region cloud architecture)

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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Our mission is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. As the most downloaded education app, Duolingo transforms language learning into an engaging and accessible experience for millions globally.

Working Week

We work 5 days per week but offer 37 days of vacation per year.

Our Vacation Policy

All employees get 20 days PTO (rising to 25 days after 5 years), 7 company holidays, a 2-week winter break and unlimited sick time. This means our team is off almost 2 months per year! p.s. parents also can take 5 hours a week for responsibilities like school events or daycare pick-up

Remote Working Policy

Duolingo supports flexible work arrangements that blend on-site collaboration with remote work options, ensuring employees can choose the environment that best suits their productivity and personal needs.

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Company Benefits

  • Healthcare benefits including HDHP & PPO options
  • 16 weeks fully paid parental leave and parent hours
  • Medical, dental, vision coverage
  • Equipment allowance
  • Life & Disability Insurance
  • Access to training and development programs
  • Eligibility for a fully-paid 2-month sabbatical after 10 years
  • Mental health support with free therapy and coaching sessions

Desirable Skills and Experience

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