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Software Engineer II, Backend

New York, NY💼 Full-time💰 $153,000–$153,000🗓 2026-07-16 → 2026-09-26

Core

Build backend services and infrastructure for Duolingo's Ads team to support ad serving, mediation, demand, and in-product ad formats.

Role type

Senior Backend Engineer (Ads)

Builds

Ad serving, mediation, demand systems, and in-product ad formats

Domain

EdTech / Advertising

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Java, Python, Kotlin, data structures, algorithms, software design, database technologies

Preferred skills

high-traffic APIs, public cloud providers, observability (OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, DataDog)

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain backend services and infrastructure, lead project priorities and milestones, collaborate with product design and backend aspects

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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