Senior Data Scientist, Duolingo
Learning
$177.7-300k
+ Equity
Language education platform
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Language education platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$177.7-300k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
Duolingo's mission is to give everyone access to a private tutor experience through technology, making learning fun and providing universal access to language education.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Data Science, Economics, Business Analytics, Information Systems, or a related quantitative field)
- 5+ years of work experience using analytics to solve product or business problems, coding (e.g., Python, R, SQL), querying databases, and statistical modeling
- Outstanding problem-solving abilities and the capacity to translate complex data into actionable insights
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical partners
- Able to relocate to and work in our New York office
Desirable
- Advanced degree in Data Science, Economics, Statistics, or an equivalent quantitative field
- Strong experience in developing and implementing an analytic vision to solve business-relevant problems
- Ability to lead multiple complex work streams and develop partnerships across organizational boundaries
- Experience with "big data" and cloud computing technologies like Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery
- Effective storytelling ability with experience leading business conversations with senior leadership
- Experience training machine learning models and deploying them in production
- Familiarity with AI tools such as Cursor, a knack for prompt engineering, and a desire to continue to innovate and learn in AI
- Experience at a high-growth company that has undertaken an IPO
- An impressive Duolingo XP or streak!
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an outstanding technical leader in Data Science who specializes in product analytics, statistical modeling/machine learning, and causal inference to advance data-centric decision-making at Duolingo
- The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with leadership in Engineering, Product Management, and Learning (Video Call with Lily) to develop and deliver metrics, attribution models, and actionable business analyses
- They will evangelize scientific methods and influence strategic business decisions, with an appreciation for the behaviors of Duolingo users
- They will be a strong advocate and mentor for the Data Science & Analytics team and help advance their learning, creativity, and growth
- Lead the cycle of turning ideas into production-grade data science solutions, ensuring long-term viability and robustness
- Apply advanced analytical methods, causal inference, machine learning, and AI to model user behavior, and partner with product and engineering teams to build scalable business frameworks and solutions
- Drive the data lifecycle: Understand, extract, transform, and validate data across multiple sources via relevant tools (e.g., SQL, R, Python)
- Partner with data engineers and business intelligence to turn insights into data products (e.g. data pipelines, algorithms, self-service dashboards)
- Communicate findings effectively to executive partners and collaborate with product teams to integrate insights into strategy and decision-making
- Stay on top of developments in statistical methods and LLMs, and drive continuous improvement in internal tools and analytical practices at Duolingo
- Provide guidance and mentorship to junior data scientists, encouraging an environment of excellence, innovation, and collaboration
Our take
Duolingo is a free to use language learning app, offering 95 courses across 38 distinct languages. It is the most downloaded education app in the history of the App Store and has previously been awarded Apple's iPhone App of the Year and Android's Best of the Best.
With over 500 million learners, the company has unprecedented data insights on how people learn. Its team of language learning scientists, machine learning engineers, and AI experts use this data to constantly improve its effectiveness.
Alongside language courses, the company has created the Duolingo English Test which is an affordable and convenient language certification option accepted by more than 2,000 universities and institutions worldwide. Since its 2021 IPO, Duolingo has shown strong momentum and regular changes to the app have brought increased user engagement, retention, and stronger conversion.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Nov 2020
$35m
LATE VC
Apr 2020
$10m
LATE VC
Total funding: $183.3m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision for employees as well as eligible partners and dependents
- Mental health benefits such as therapy sessions and coaching to support you to be your best self
- Fertility benefits to support your family planning journey
- Fully paid parental and adoption leave
- Fully paid subscription to Care.com and paid backup days for dependents and your fur family
- 401(k) with generous match and immediate vesting
- 20 days of paid time off, with two additional weeks off for winter break
- First-time home buyer bonus (in Pittsburgh)
- Competitive salaries and equity
- Yearly stipend for professional development
- Transportation reimbursement for however you get to work
- Lunch prepared daily by our in-house chefs
- Annual international retreat for all full-time employees
- Monthly events celebrating our team and their amazing work
- On-site gym and massages
- Game room for taking brain breaks
Company HQ
East Liberty, Pittsburgh, PA
Leadership
Luis von Ahn
(CEO)Professor at Carnegie Mellon University and founder of CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA sold to Google.
Severin Hacker
(CTO)PhD in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.
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