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About the Role
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!
Over the last few years, Duolingo has expanded beyond language learning into entirely new subjects: Math, Music, and Chess. These products reach millions of daily active users, are growing quickly, and represent a CEO-level bet that Duolingo can become a platform for learning anything.
We're looking for a Senior Director of Engineering to co-lead our newest subjects, responsible for building and scaling products ranging from early stages through to some of the company’s fastest-growing initiatives. This is a role for a builder. You'll make decisions about which subjects to invest in, how to allocate engineering resources across bets at different stages, where to continue investing and where to pivot.
You’ll partner closely with Product and Design to shape the future of the pillar while building the organization that delivers it, all while working from our New York, NY office on a hybrid (4+1) work schedule.
Key Technical Responsibilities
- check_circle Drive the product and technical strategy across Math, Music and Chess, balancing short-term product impact with long-term strategic goals.
- check_circle Partner strategically with Product, Design, Learning and AI to evolve our strategy, including decisions on when and how to expand to additional subjects.
- check_circle Lead multiple engineering directors and their teams as they tackle some of the most interesting technical challenges in industry: AI-based content creation at scale, neural bots, and Unity-based gameplay.
- check_circle Drive operational excellence across Duolingo’s engineering org, including reliability, performance, developer productivity, and efficient execution at scale.
- check_circle Contribute to Duolingo’s engineering hiring bar and talent systems, playing a central role in hiring decisions, leveling, and organizational design to maintain a high-performance, high-density team.
- check_circle Lead an organization that moves quickly, runs high-quality experiments, and translates product insights into measurable business impact.
- check_circle Build and develop a strong leadership bench capable of bringing ambitious new products to market.
Prerequisites & Qualifications
- check Experience leading consumer product engineering organizations (100+ engineers), ideally across multiple high growth product experiences.
- check Product instincts and experience partnering closely with senior product leadership to define strategy, not just execute against it.
- check A track record of driving measurable impact on business outcomes, including growing early product development through significant company scale.
- check Experience building or scaling LLM-powered product features, with a strong interest in building engineering cultures that embrace AI-first ways of working.
- check Deep experience building and scaling high-velocity, experiment-driven product organizations, leading through multiple layers of leadership (senior directors, directors, EMs).
- check A track record of building high-performance, inclusive teams, and making thoughtful, high-judgment talent decisions.
- check Ability to influence senior executives and drive clarity in ambiguous, cross-functional situations.
- check Ability to work from our New York, NY office on a 4+1 hybrid work schedule.
About Duolingo Greenhouse Board
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Duolingo Greenhouse Board is associated with Duolingo, a prominent technology and software company known for its popular language-learning platform. Operating within the tech sector and maintaining a presence in New York, NY, the entity relates to hiring and board functions within the broader Duolingo ecosystem, which leverages gamification and machine learning to deliver accessible education.