Duolingo

Senior Engineering Manager, AI Platform

Duolingo · New York, NY

Posted 13 days ago

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This role has been open
13 days
Duolingo's roles stay open a median of 38 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
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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

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About this role

As a Senior Engineering Manager for the AI Platform at Duolingo, you will lead the AI Tooling and Ecosystem Team, focusing on developing tools and services that enhance AI integration in Duolingo's products. Your role involves managing datasets, evaluating AI model performance, and streamlining AI development processes, while collaborating with various teams to ensure effective AI workflows and measurable product impact.

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freshness
4/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • Experience leading, managing, and building a team of software and/or AI engineers
  • A track record of building AI-related infrastructure or user-facing products powered by AI
  • Familiarity with AI evaluation methods, especially approaches that combine human and LLM-as-a-judge evaluations
  • Strong cross-functional leadership and communication skills
  • Comfort leading through ambiguity and shaping new ways of working in a fast-evolving AI landscape
  • The ability to work from or relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY

Nice to have

  • Hands-on experience building evaluation systems and human-in-the-loop data pipelines at scale
  • A track record of developing internal tools on a platform or infrastructure team
  • Experience navigating build vs. buy decisions and shaping long-term roadmaps based on the needs of internal customers

Worth weighing

  • Salary range is broad and dependent on various factors; specifics not detailed
  • No specific benefits listed beyond a general mention of employee well-being

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