Backend Software Engineer (Senior/Staff)

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.

About the role...

We’re looking for a founding member of the newly formed India Growth team. Your role will be to rapidly expand our user base in India by delivering product features. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape growth strategies, identify and resolve retention and engagement problems for our learners in India who are mainly learning English. Join us to make a significant impact on Duolingo’s key business metric DAU in one of our most important markets.

  You will...

• Quickly develop and maintain features in Python or Kotlin
• Collaborate on software projects with product manager
• Perform experiment analysis on features and find opportunities for optimization

  You have...

• Experience in developing world-class apps with stability, performance, and scalability in mind
• The ability to communicate technical issues effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• A desire to make the world a better place through technology and education
• Ability to apply user insights, data, and statistical analyses to inform decisions
• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Ability to work from or relocate to Bangalore, India.

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