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At a glance
Duolingo is hiring a AI Research Engineer, New PhD Graduate in New York, NY; Pittsburgh, PA. It is a full-time role in Data, AI & Analytics, open to entry-level candidates, first listed on November 1. The advertised pay is $137,700–$186,300 a year. Duolingo has 41 other openings in the US, 34 of them in New York, NY. Across all employers on USA Jobs 24 there are 379 Data & AI openings in New York, NY today; the typical one asks for 5 years and advertises about $222,000 a year at the midpoint.
How the pay compares
Duolingo advertises $137,700 to $186,300 a year, a midpoint of $162,000 a year. Where an offer lands in a range usually depends on experience and on the exact location. That is lower than about 81% of the 315 data & AI jobs in New York that publish a yearly rate on USA Jobs 24, where the typical midpoint is $216,000 a year. To see roughly what this leaves after federal and New York tax, try our take-home pay calculator.
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- Check it is still open. We found this job on Duolingo's Greenhouse site on November 1 and checked it again November 4, 5:17 AM ET. When an employer takes a job down, we remove it at our next daily update.
- Check the location works for you. This role is based in New York, NY (or one of 1 other locations). If you would need to move, ask whether relocation help is offered.
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About hiring at Duolingo
Duolingo has 42 openings on USA Jobs 24 today across 5 states. Most are in product & design (10), software & IT (9) and data & AI (7). The biggest locations are New York, NY (35), Pittsburgh, PA (30) and Detroit, MI (1). 5% of them are remote, 14% are open to entry-level candidates and 95% show pay. We collect Duolingo's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Greenhouse), never from job boards or agencies.
The employer's advert
This is Duolingo's own description of the job, copied word for word from its careers site. We have not edited it.
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Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in!
At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun.
Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.
Read our blog to learn more.
About the role...
🧠 You will...
- Solve our most ambitious problems with the right tool for the task
- Collaborate cross-functionally to bring your ideas to life in the product
- Identify problems, prototype solutions, evaluate their return on investment, and then implement the best solution at scale to improve the lives of our millions of learners each day
- Share your findings both within Duolingo as well as to the broader research community
✅ You have...
- You have an Ph.D. in computer science or related technical field (or expect to by August 2027)
- A portfolio of impactful work, in the form of (for example) publications, open-source projects, or AI internships
- Ability to relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY
- A creative, interdisciplinary, and entrepreneurial approach to R&D
- Strong debugging and critical thinking skills
❤️ Why you'll love working here...
- 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!
The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role!
Salary Range:
$137,700—$186,300 USD
Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here.
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Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com.
Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information.
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