Duolingo Looking for Software Engineer, New Graduate at United States Full Time

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.

What You’ll Do…

• Collaborate on full-stack software projects
• Develop, release, and maintain services and/or infrastructure
• Lead individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables
• Past Projects include:
• Adding Hindi and Indonesian to the iOS app
• Launching new exercise types
• Building and owning new microservices
• Optimizing purchase flows and subscription features
• Adding delightful animations to the core experience
• Porting large features to new platforms (iOS, Android, web)

What We’re Looking For…

• Graduating in Fall 2024 or Spring 2025
• Pursuing a B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science or related technical field (i.e. math, physics or data science)
• High proficiency in one or more programming languages
• Dedication to our mission of universally available education
• Ability to relocate to Pittsburgh, PA

Outstanding candidates will have…

• A GPA of 3.5+
• A Duolingo streak

What You Can Expect…

• Close support from your mentor and your team
• Working on features and projects that will have real impact for our learners and internal users
• A fun, mission-driven environment, where you’ll have lots of opportunities to grow as an engineer and make meaningful connections with your colleagues

Why you’ll love working here…

• Language learning opportunities
• Catered in-house lunches and breakfast
• Company-wide Hackathon
• PTO and company holidays
• Frequent company-wide dinners, monthly celebrations, social clubs, and so much more!

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 your recruiter.

Because Duolingo requires all employees to return to work from an office, all employees will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to remain employed unless they have an exemption to vaccination pursuant to a required reasonable accommodation. This is so that our employees feel safe in the office.

Take a peek at how we care for our employees’ holistic well-being with our benefits here.

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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