Duolingo · 8 hours ago
AI Research Engineer, New PhD Graduate
Pittsburgh, PA
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$132K/yr - $178K/yrDuolingo is the world's most popular learning app, dedicated to developing the best education and making it universally available. The AI Research Engineer will tackle ambitious problems, collaborate on product ideas, and implement solutions to enhance the learning experience for millions.
E-LearningEducationLanguage LearningMobile Apps
Responsibilities
Solve our most ambitious problems with the right tool for the task
Collaborate cross-functionally to bring your ideas to life in the product
Identify problems, prototype solutions, evaluate their return on investment, and then implement the best solution at scale to improve the lives of our millions of learners each day
Share your findings both within Duolingo as well as to the broader research community
Qualification
Required
You have a Ph.D. in computer science or related technical field (or expect to by August 2026)
A portfolio of impactful work, in the form of (for example) publications, open-source projects, or AI internships
Ability to relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY
A creative, interdisciplinary, and entrepreneurial approach to R&D
Strong debugging and critical thinking skills
Benefits
Language learning opportunities
Catered in-house lunches and breakfast
Company-wide Hackathon
PTO and company holidays
Frequent company-wide dinners, monthly celebrations, social clubs, and so much more!
Company
Duolingo
Duolingo is a language-learning education platform that offers 98 total courses across nearly 40 distinct languages.
Founded in 2011
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Duolingo has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (41)
2024 (46)
2023 (36)
2022 (19)
2021 (14)
2020 (17)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$183.3MKey Investors
General AtlanticCapitalGDrive Capital
2021-07-28IPO
2020-11-18Series H· $35M
2020-04-14Series G· $10M
Leadership Team
Luis von Ahn
CEO, co-Founder & Board Member
Severin Hacker
CTO & Cofounder
Recent News
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