Duolingo · 13 hours ago
Engineering Manager, Chess
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$178K/yr - $240K/yr
5+ years expDuolingo is on a mission to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. As an Engineering Manager, you will lead the Chess Teaching team, owning critical projects and contributing to product strategy while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance learning features.
E-LearningEducationLanguage LearningMobile Apps
Responsibilities
Form a dynamic duo with your product manager counterpart to co-lead a cross-functional team. You’ll collaborate closely with data scientists and machine learning researchers to define goals, shape experiments, and guide technical decisions
Provide both technical and product perspectives on new product ideas to ensure we find the fastest way to test a hypothesis
Own the planning, execution, and success of projects that directly improve our top-line business metrics like daily active users, and identify which metrics to optimize for at the team level
Set clear expectations around engineering quality and promote practices that enhance code quality, scalability, and maintainability
Identify and drive technical initiatives that improve the reliability, timeliness, and efficacy of notification delivery
Develop your team, deeply understanding each engineer’s strengths and career goals, and proactively providing mentorship and stretch opportunities to help them grow their impact
Set clear expectations and hold a high bar for performance, regularly providing candid feedback, addressing challenges decisively, and maintaining a supportive environment where engineers feel valued, engaged, and empowered
Provide clarity and alignment, transparently communicating the 'why' behind decisions, thoughtfully guiding your team through changes, and ensuring everyone understands their role in achieving team and company goals
Qualification
Required
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
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.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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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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