Senior Product Writer

Duolingo
New York, NY

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in!

Duolingo’s designers care about creating high-quality experiences that look and feel fun. From animators to writers, product designers to researchers, Design brings purpose, feeling, and delight to every interaction with our brand, inside the app and out. As a designer, you’ll join a culture of creativity and craft, where we have a high bar for excellence and an endless curiosity about how to bring more unexpected quirk and fun to the pursuit of learning.

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

About The Role

As a writer, you’ll join a culture of creativity and craft, where we have a high bar for excellence and an endless curiosity about how to bring more unexpected quirk and fun to the pursuit of learning.

:brain: You will...

  • Give voice to Duolingo’s features and functionality, writing in the Duolingo voice and from the perspective of characters like Lily and Oscar
  • Drive the messaging, content strategy, and naming for product experiences, landing on pithy turns of phrase that land with our learners
  • Partner with product designers and product managers on new features and interactions based on data and insights
  • Design new pathways to content, make existing features better, and craft fun, new ways for our learners to unlock knowledge
  • Focus on a few projects at a time and drive their content strategy
  • Run experiments and share insights so your wins can have a greater impact
  • Work with our localization team to ensure A+ translation
  • Report to the Director of Product Writing. We sit within the Design department, the instrumental creative partner in most projects at Duolingo

:check: You have...

  • A brain that’s always buzzing with ideas
  • A portfolio with compelling UX writing examples for a consumer app
  • Experience in both UX writing and consumer copywriting
  • A gift for expressing complicated things in plain language
  • An ability to adapt your writing for different voices
  • Experience taking a leadership stance, whether in title or behavior
  • The ability to work from or relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York City

:star: Exceptional candidates will have...

  • Experience writing and designing for payment flows
  • Experience developing new and novel content models
  • Experience collaborating with translators
  • A Duolingo streak!

Please include a link to your portfolio showcasing relevant work samples. A portfolio submission is mandatory for consideration of your candidacy.

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

$153,000—$207,000 USD

Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here.

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].

Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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Posted 2026-01-18

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