Engineering Manager, Design Accelerator

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in!

At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems, running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s both fun and meaningful.

Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.

About The Role

As an engineering manager in the Platform Area, you will lead one of our teams in supporting the engineering needs of the rest of Duolingo.

Design Accelerator, Design Tools

• This team is responsible for making Duolingo an engaging and animated character-focused experience. The team builds tools and uses new technology to create content and experiences used across the app, from generated videos for Monetization to images and games for Learning. .

As the Engineering Manager you will craft and implement a vision for evaluating new technology, de-risking and scaling for multiple projects, collaborating with product partners and engineering teams across the company.

You will...

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team of tooling, AI, and graphics experts to build visual, animated and interactive content.
• Deliver and maintain a long term roadmap for work within the team and coordinate that planning with product engineering throughout the company.
• Leverage AI to help drive technical projects and provide innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Guide, prioritize, and communicate the team's quarterly objectives and accomplishments to peer leaders and the broader engineering organization.
• Mentor engineers and help cultivate their career aspirations.

You have...

• 2+ years of experience leading, managing, and building a team of software engineers.
• 5+ years in software development focused on content or animation creation.
• Have a record of owning the execution of successful technical projects that span multiple engineers over multiple weeks.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Exceptional candidates will have...

• Experience designing and building scalable content pipelines.
• Experience with specific tools Unity, Rive, or related tools.
• Experience building custom internal tooling for designers.
• Deep understanding of procedural and generative graphics and media creation.

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We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact [email protected].

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We post a multi-level salary range for all of our roles.

This is not inclusive of the rest of our awesome portfolio that includes equity compensation and world-class benefits. Our salary ranges are the same for all US locations. Your recruiter can share more details about the range for a specific level during the hiring process. The actual salary within the range is determined by many factors including but not limited to, skills, experience, education, and internal equity.

Salary Range

$177,700—$240,400 USD