AI Research Engineer, New PhD Graduate
Duolingo·New York, NY; Pittsburgh, PA·Posted 12 October 2026
About the role
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…
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