Senior/Staff/Senior Staff Backend Software Engineer, Duolingo

$148.8-274.6k

+ Equity

Python
Java
Kotlin
Senior level
New York
Duolingo

Language education platform

Job no longer available

Duolingo

Language education platform

1001+ employees

B2CEducationLanguagesLearningSaaS

Job no longer available

$148.8-274.6k

+ Equity

Python
Java
Kotlin
Senior level
New York

1001+ employees

B2CEducationLanguagesLearningSaaS

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.

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.

Top investors

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

54% female employees

15% employee growth in 12 months

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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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 values

  • Learners First - Our mission and reason for existing is to make sure everyone in the world has access to high-quality education
  • Take The Long View - If it works in the short-term but hurts Duolingo in the long-term, it's not right. We make decisions that keep us moving toward our big goals
  • Prioritize Ruthlessly - We have millions of learners and only hundreds of employees, so our work must focus on initiatives that have high return on investment. Make your time matter
  • Ship It - For a good idea to become reality, it needs a plan and a sense of urgency. So go go go!
  • Test Everything - We measure and test everything so we can make informed decisions based on data
  • We Haven’t Won Yet - Until every person who wants to learn is doing so with Duolingo, we need to keep innovating, pushing the envelope, and learning ways to get better
  • Strive For Excellence - To change how the world learns, we must do world-class work. From the people we hire to the features we ship, we never settle for just okay
  • All For One, One For All - We stay engaged and make choices that benefit the greater good-because Duolingo's success is our success
  • Be Candid And Kind - We build things together with transparency and care for each other. We offer feedback compassionately but with excellence in mind, and receive it openly and as an opportunity to grow

Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)

Nov 2020

$35m

LATE VC

Apr 2020

$10m

LATE VC

Total funding: $183.3m

This company has top investors

Founders

Professor at Carnegie Mellon University and founder of CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA sold to Google.

PhD in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.

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