Duolingo

Senior Data Scientist, User Growth

Duolingo · New York, NY

Posted 21 days ago · Previously reposted

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
21 days
Duolingo's roles stay open a median of 38 days
Reposted
Yes
taken down and listed again at least once
Salary listed
No
0% of Duolingo's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Duolingo
high
41 stale, 6 reposted of 89 open
Hiring momentum
119 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Duolingo's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Duolingo.

About this role

As a Senior Data Scientist focused on User Growth at Duolingo, you will work closely with product development teams to enhance product iteration and experimentation. Your role involves using data analysis to inform decision-making, developing scalable data products, and mentoring other data scientists. You will also communicate complex findings to diverse audiences and contribute to the analytical foundations within the Growth team.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • Experience working as a Data Scientist embedded with or supporting a product development team
  • Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
  • A graduate degree in Data Science, Statistics, Economics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent demonstrated expertise in formal analysis methodology
  • Strong command of SQL, Python or R, AI tools, and data/analytics engineering ecosystems
  • Fluency with standard machine learning and predictive modeling techniques

Nice to have

  • Experience operating at a high-growth, data-intensive consumer technology company, particularly in the user growth area
  • Experience building, maintaining, and improving production machine learning models and the infrastructure that supports them
  • An impressive Duolingo streak

Worth weighing

  • Salary range is dependent on various factors and is subject to change
  • Base salary is supplemented by equity compensation
  • No specific benefits listed in the posting

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Listed by Duolingo on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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