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Senior Data Scientist, User Growth

Duolingo

New York, NY · full time · Senior

$182,800 – $247,300

Listed on Duolingo’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

This role embeds a data scientist within product teams to drive user growth through analysis, experimentation, and machine learning models. It's suited to someone who combines technical depth in data science with strong communication skills and product intuition, and who thrives in cross-functional collaboration.

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What they ask for

Required

  • Experience as a Data Scientist embedded with or supporting a product team
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
  • Graduate degree in Data Science, Statistics, Economics, or related quantitative field (or equivalent demonstrated expertise)
  • Strong command of SQL, Python or R, and data/analytics engineering ecosystems
  • Fluency with standard machine learning and predictive modeling techniques

Nice to have

  • Experience at a high-growth, data-intensive consumer technology company, particularly in user growth
  • Experience building, maintaining, and improving production machine learning models and supporting infrastructure

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