The opportunity
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!
What you'll do
Co-lead a cross-functional pod with Product and Design to define strategy,: success metrics, and an execution roadmap for one of Duolingo’s Monetization teams.
Partner with design and product to ship experiences that feel native to: Duolingo: delightful, well-paced, and respectful of the learner without compromising monetization performance.
Collaborate with data science and ML partners to design experiments, apply: personalization and targeting, and translate insights into product improvements and bookings growth.
Own planning and execution for projects that directly impact revenue;: identify the right team-level metrics to optimize and protect delivery through clear milestones and risk management.
Bring both technical and product perspectives to new ideas, enabling rapid: hypothesis testing without sacrificing reliability, observability, or long-term maintainability.
Set and uphold engineering quality standards and practices that improve: reliability, scalability, and operability.
What they're looking for
- Experience leading, managing, and building a team of software engineers, with: demonstrated ability to hire, develop, and retain talent.
- Direct experience working on engineering teams that build and operate monetization systems.
- A track record of owning multi-engineer, multi-week technical projects to: successful outcomes in a highly experimental, data-driven environment.
- Strong product instincts and excellent written/verbal communication, with: experience aligning diverse stakeholders across engineering, product, design, and analytics.
