Staff Technical Program Manager
Core
Lead a strategic initiative to double developer productivity across Duolingo's engineering organization through AI-powered tooling, streamlined processes, and modern engineering practices.
Role type
Staff Technical Program Manager (Technical Transformation)
Builds
AI-powered developer tooling, streamlined engineering processes, and new ways of working for the entire engineering organization.
Domain
EdTech / Software Engineering / AI Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Large-scale technical transformation leadership, executive presence and influence in matrix environments, deep technical credibility with engineers, program planning in ambiguity, cross-functional alignment, organizational change management, risk mitigation, stakeholder management, strategic roadmap definition, team coaching and scaling.
Preferred skills
Hands-on software or systems engineering experience, conceptual fluency in LLM-based products and developer AI tooling, experience with machine learning programs and large datasets, AWS scale experience.
Technologies
AWS, LLM-based products, AI infrastructure, developer AI tooling
Responsibilities
Define and drive the roadmap for doubling developer productivity; lead organizational change management for new ways of working; partner with DevAmp Area leads to accelerate productivity via AI tooling; lead delivery of strategic cross-functional initiatives; partner with engineering, product, data science, QA, and executive leadership; leverage technical expertise to develop detailed plans and mitigate risks; establish and evangelize engineering practices for productivity improvements; drive decisions on difficult tradeoffs; identify and resolve systemic delivery issues; guide and develop other TPMs and engineering leads.
Seniority
Staff, high-impact strategic initiative leader