Duolingo · 11 hours ago
Data Scientist, User Growth
Pittsburgh, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$148K/yr - $200K/yrDuolingo is on a mission to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. They are seeking a Data Scientist to join their Data Science & Analytics team, focusing on data modeling and insights to drive user growth by analyzing product changes and communicating insights to partner teams.
E-LearningEducationLanguage LearningMobile Apps
Responsibilities
Derive insights from data to influence product roadmaps and drive business results
Embed in teams with product managers and engineers to design, run, and analyze experiments to improve user experiences
Apply advanced analytical methods to model user behavior and estimate the impact of potential new features. Partner with product and engineering teams to develop and implement solutions
Build dashboards, reports, and/or forecasts (e.g., Sigma, Tableau, Plotly) to analyze trends, make recommendations, and help preserve our culture of fact-based decision making as we scale
Collaborate with other data scientists to level up our company's scientific capabilities and data footprint
Ensure the quality of our tracking and data collection is high (and improving)
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Data Science, Economics, Business Analytics, Information Systems)
Relevant experience in data science, advanced data analytics, business intelligence, or a related field
Advanced SQL skills to build datasets that enable ad-hoc analyses and efficient visualization
Expertise in data visualization tools such as Sigma, Tableau, Hex, or Looker for full-stack data analysis, insight synthesis, and presentation
Professional or academic experience with experimentation, A/B testing, and/or causal inference
Experience in programming (e.g., Python, R) to extract, transform, clean, and analyze large amounts of data
Experience training machine learning models and deploying them in production
Outstanding problem-solving abilities and the capacity to distill complex data into concise explanations and actionable insights
Excellent verbal and written communication skills that facilitate collaboration with both technical and non-technical partners
Ability to relocate to and work in our Pittsburgh office
Preferred
Master's degree in data science, economics, statistics, or an equivalent quantitative field
Familiarity with AI tools such as Cursor, a knack for prompt engineering, and a desire to continue to innovate and learn in AI
Experience at a high-growth company that has undertaken an IPO
An impressive Duolingo XP or streak!
Benefits
Equity compensation
World-class benefits
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
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2025 (41)
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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
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