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 Monetization Pillar focuses on Duolingo's key business drivers—subscriptions, ads, and in-app purchases.
- Our goal is to build the best premium experiences for our learners while ensuring the sustainability and success of our business model.
- As a senior backend Engineer, you will play an instrumental role in the strategic direction of Duolingo by developing and refining the methods that make our monetization efforts more effective and efficient.
- You'll work cross functionally with product, design, data science, machine learning, and ad operations.
🧠 You will...
- Collaborate on software projects with product design and backend aspects
- Develop, release, and maintain backend services and/or infrastructure
- Lead individual project priorities, milestones, and ensure we're always shipping
✅ You have...
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field
- Strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design
- Experience programming in Java, Python, or Kotlin
- Solid understanding of one or more database technologies
⭐ Exceptional candidates will have...
- Industry experience building high-traffic APIs using public cloud providers
- Experience with industry observability technology, such as OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, or DataDog.
- 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:
¥804,949 — ¥1,088,971 CNY
Benefits
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