Duolingo · 1 hour ago
QA Specialist, New Graduate
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$68K/yr - $78K/yrDuolingo is on a mission to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. As a QA Specialist, you will manually support the testing of new features, write detailed bug reports, and collaborate with teams to ensure high-quality user experiences.
E-LearningEducationLanguage LearningMobile Apps
Responsibilities
Manually support the testing of new features across iOS, Android, and Web, including regression, exploratory, and acceptance testing
Execute sanity checks on Duolingo release and branch builds, and help validate bug fixes before and after deployment
Write clear, detailed, and reproducible bug reports, and collaborate with engineers and teammates to help diagnose issues
Learn Duolingo products deeply and ask thoughtful questions about expected behavior, edge cases, and learner experience
Identify potential quality issues and raise risks with guidance from more senior QA teammates
Help prioritize testing tasks within your assigned projects, focusing on areas with high learner impact
Advocate for Duolingo learners by evaluating features for correctness, clarity, and usability
Follow and contribute to existing QA processes, documentation, and procedures, while learning how quality scales across teams
Collaborate within cross-functional teams, communicating progress, questions, and blockers clearly in a fast-paced environment
Qualification
Required
Graduated in December 2025 or will be graduating in Spring 2026
Friendly, approachable, and easy to work with
Curious and motivated by doing high-quality work, not career ladder climbing
Comfortable breaking things and paying close attention to details
A clear communicator who can collaborate with designers, PMs, and engineers
Creative and able to think outside the box
Adaptable and resilient in a fast-changing, sometimes messy environment
Comfortable speaking up, asking questions, and engaging with a quirky team culture
Preferred
A GPA of 3.5+
A Duolingo streak
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
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2025 (41)
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2023 (36)
2022 (19)
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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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