Duolingo · 15 hours ago
Staff Data Scientist, New Subjects
Pittsburgh, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $300K/yr
6+ years expDuolingo is on a mission to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. They are seeking a hands-on staff-level data scientist to lead data science efforts in their New Subjects pillar, focusing on Math, Music, and Chess. The role involves translating ideas into data solutions, applying advanced methods, and building a team to drive impactful data-driven decisions.
E-LearningEducationLanguage LearningMobile Apps
Responsibilities
Lead the end-to-end cycle of translating ideas into production-ready data solutions, ensuring they are measurable, robust, and built to last
Apply advanced methods (e.g. causal inference, structural modeling, machine learning) to deeply understand how learners engage with new subjects
Design and evaluate A/B tests, build metrics and attribution models, and help PMs, designers, and engineers make smarter product decisions
Collaborate with data engineering and BI to turn insights into durable data products: pipelines, dashboards, algorithms
Partner with product and learning leads to identify and prioritize the most impactful questions we can answer with data
Build and lead a small but mighty team as the New Subjects footprint grows
Evangelize protocols in scientific rigor and help level up data science across the org
Qualification
Required
Advance degree or equivalent experience in Data Science, Economics, Statistics or a related quantitative field
6+ years applying data science to real-world product problems, ideally in fast-paced environments
Expertise in at least one of: causal inference, behavioral modeling, experiment design, or applied ML
Fluency in Python and SQL, and comfort working across the stack (from raw data to dashboards)
Exceptional clarity of thinking and communication: you make complex ideas simple and actionable
Experience as a tech lead or manager, with a proven ability to build and nurture talent
Comfortable working from our Pittsburgh HQ
Preferred
Experience in 0→2 environments: setting up metrics, pipelines, and tests from scratch
Familiarity with 'big data' tooling (e.g. Redshift, BigQuery, Hive)
A passion for learning, teaching, and making knowledge joyful
An alarming Duolingo streak or suspiciously high XP
Benefits
Equity compensation
World-class benefits
Company
Duolingo
Duolingo is a language-learning education platform that offers 98 total courses across nearly 40 distinct languages.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$183.3MKey Investors
General AtlanticCapitalGDrive Capital
2021-07-28IPO
2020-11-18Series H· $35M
2020-04-14Series G· $10M
Leadership Team
Luis von Ahn
CEO, co-Founder & Board Member
Severin Hacker
CTO & Cofounder
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