$181,600 – $272,400
Listed on Duolingo’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
You'll own a transformational initiative to double developer productivity across Duolingo's engineering organization, partnering with leadership and teams to define ambitious goals, implement new tooling and practices, and drive organizational change at scale. This role suits someone with deep technical credibility and experience leading large-scale technical transformations who thrives building alignment across complex matrix environments and can navigate significant ambiguity with decisive leadership.
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What they ask for
Required
- Experience as a TPM, Engineering Lead, or Engineering Manager
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent degree or experience
- Led large-scale technical transformation programs with measurable organizational impact
- Executive presence and influence across matrix environments
- Deep technical credibility to challenge assumptions and earn engineer trust
- Ability to build and re-plan detailed programs accounting for ambiguity and dependencies
- Track record standing up new programs from scratch in high-visibility environments
- Ability to relocate to Seattle, WA
Nice to have
- Hands-on technical experience in software or systems engineering
- Strong conceptual fluency in LLM-based products and AI infrastructure
- Experience running programs involving machine learning or large datasets
- Experience working with AWS at scale