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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 20 days Duolingo's roles stay open a median of 38 days
- Reposted
- No
- 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 Staff Technical Program Manager for the Duolingo English Test, you will lead high-impact cross-functional initiatives from conception to launch, collaborating with various teams including engineering, product, and data science. Your role involves translating complex regulatory and business requirements into actionable technical plans while providing leadership and guidance across multiple workstreams. You will also identify and resolve issues impacting project delivery and mentor others on best practices in project management.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Duolingo as an employer.
What you need
- Strong experience as TPM, Engineering Lead, or Manager
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent degree or experience
- Experience working on commercial software products and their underlying infrastructure, with an understanding of client-service architecture
- Consistent track record of communicating technical issues effectively to technical and non-technical partners at different levels of the organization
- Proven ability to build and implement detailed plans accounting for ambiguity, dependencies, and technical complexity in an agile environment
- Flexibility to adjust plans based on new information without losing a beat and while keeping morale high
Nice to have
- Experience with software engineering, systems engineering, or similar experience, in addition to project/program management experience
- Deep experience with AWS
- Experience working with teams and technical projects distributed across the globe
- Experience running projects that include machine learning and large datasets
- Experience articulating business questions and using available data to find answers that translate into business recommendations
Worth weighing
- No specific benefits listed in the posting
- Salary range provided, but subject to change and dependent on various factors
- Role requires relocation to Pittsburgh, PA
- Fast-paced, start-up environment may imply high pressure and rapid changes
Summarised from Duolingo's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Duolingo on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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