Role details
- 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
- The Financial Planning & Analysis team is looking for a finance professional to advance Duolingo's mission by delivering financial insights and driving high-impact decisions across the business.
- You will work closely with our FP&A Director and teams including Growth, Monetization, and Data Science to inform decisions that support Duolingo's continued growth and profitability.
- You'll become an expert on Duolingo's monetization engine—including how user and subscriber growth translates into revenue at more than $1 billion scale. This role is based in our New York City office on a hybrid schedule.
🧠 You will...
- Develop and maintain financial models that support forecasting, earnings calls, strategic planning, and budgeting.
- Translate complex financial analysis into clear, actionable insights for our partners and executives.
- Recommend and own workstreams that shape decisions across Duolingo.
- Analyze how product experiments, pricing, packaging, and new initiatives could affect Duolingo's financial performance.
- Contribute to high-profile materials for our Board of Directors, earnings calls, and senior executives.
✅ You have...
- Experience in investment banking, private or public equity investing, or strategic finance/FP&A at a high-growth technology company.
- Advanced financial modeling skills and experience designing and owning analytical models that improve business decisions.
- A strong 80/20 mindset, with the ability to identify the core problem, focus on the insights that matter most, and prioritize the steps needed to solve it.
- Sound judgment, with the ability to make well-reasoned decisions in ambiguous situations and establish a clear path forward.
- Structured thinking, a strong command of the details, and the ability to turn complex analysis into compelling, decision-focused narratives.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting financial insights to cross-functional partners and senior leaders.
- A track record of owning projects, managing competing priorities, and delivering high-quality work on time.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.
⭐ Exceptional candidates will have...
- Experience with consumer technology, subscription, or digital product business models.
- Experience analyzing monetization, subscriber growth, or revenue drivers at scale.
- Experience supporting quarterly earnings or preparing materials for a public-company board or senior executives.
- Experience using AI tools to speed up analysis, improve financial models, and make everyday workflows more effective.
- An impressive Duolingo streak!
- 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:
$154,700 — $209,300 USD
Benefits
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