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$183k–$247k/yr
Full-time
bachelor degree
Equity compensation
Posted 14d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
You will develop, release, and maintain backend services and infrastructure while collaborating on software projects across product and design teams. Additionally, you will lead individual project priorities and milestones to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality features.
Requirements
Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field and strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design. Proficiency in Java, Python, or Kotlin and experience with database technologies are required.
Full job description
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.
We’re looking for backend engineers who have experience building and operating reliable, scalable systems. Your background may be in product engineering, infrastructure, platform engineering, or a combination of these. What matters most is strong backend fundamentals, sound systems thinking, and the ability to take ownership of complex technical problems from design through production.
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 Backend 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:
$182,800—$247,300 USD
Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits 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 [email protected].
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.
Duolingo is the world's most popular way to learn a language.
Industry
Higher Education
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Founded
2011
Headquarters
Pittsburgh, PA
LinkedIn followers
881,543
Total funding
$183M
Duolingo is the most downloaded education app in the history of the App Store.
Our mission is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available.
Learning a new language is hard, but staying motivated is often the hardest part. That’s why we use fun, bite-sized, game-like lessons designed to keep you engaged and to drive real learning outcomes. Our approach is grounded in efficacy: we continuously test and improve our methods to ensure learners make meaningful progress.
We also believe in democratizing education by offering an effective, high-quality free product. Developing a great free product is essential to our mission, ensuring that anyone with a smartphone can access learning that works.
When it comes to utilizing AI tools, we have a golden rule: we use it when it clearly improves outcomes for learners. We don’t use it as a shortcut or a replacement for people, but as a tool to enhance learning experiences and efficacy.
Duolingo has been named to: Fast Company’s Most Innovative Education Company (2026, 2022), Apple Design Award (2023), TIME100 Most Influential Companies (2023), Fast Company Best Workplaces for Innovators (2022), among others.
Offices: 5900 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, US · 150 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10007, US · 1525 11th Ave, Seattle, Washington 98122, US · East Gongxiao Building, 28 Guandongdian Street, Beijing, Chaoyang 100001, CN
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