Senior Engineering Manager, Language Learning
Core
Lead a team of 7 engineers to build and optimize short-form language learning lessons and exercises for Duolingo's half-billion users.
Role type
Senior Engineering Manager (Consumer Education)
Builds
Core learning experience features, new exercises for recall and production skills, and engaging bite-sized lesson formats.
Domain
EdTech / Language Learning / Consumer Mobile Apps
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Engineering team leadership and hiring, cross-functional product strategy alignment, data-driven decision making and A/B test design, technical architecture guidance, OKR definition and prioritization, stakeholder management.
Preferred skills
Leading cross-functional teams in consumer products, setting operating cadences for outsized impact, managing broad-scoped ambiguous projects.
Technologies
None explicitly stated
Responsibilities
Co-lead cross-functional teams to align on strategy and metrics for learning features; drive project execution from spec to implementation; use data to inform decisions and design A/B tests; attract and develop engineering talent; set engineering quality standards and manage tech debt; collaborate with product, design, and research to deliver impactful user experiences.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC manager