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Duolingo

AI Research Engineer, New PhD Graduate

🇺🇸 New York, NY

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $132K - $186K

💻 Information Technology

🗓️ September 16th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Duolingo is hiring an AI Research Engineer, New PhD Graduate. The role involves solving ambitious problems using appropriate tools, collaborating cross-functionally to implement innovative solutions at scale, and sharing research findings within the company and with the broader community.

Highlights
  • Develop and prototype AI solutions to improve language learning experiences for millions of users daily
  • Collaborate across teams to integrate research outcomes into Duolingo products
  • Share research through publications and contributions to the AI community
  • Requires a Ph.D. in computer science or a related technical field by August 2026
  • Portfolio of impactful AI work such as publications, open-source projects, or internships expected
  • Strong debugging, critical thinking skills, and an entrepreneurial approach to research and development
  • Ability to relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY
  • Salary range from $131,800 to $186,000 USD with additional equity and benefits
  • Part of the Engineering division, focused on innovative AI-driven educational technologies
  • Duolingo offers language learning opportunities, catered meals, hackathons, PTO, and social events

AI Research Engineer, New PhD Graduate Full Description

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. But we’ve got more left to do — and that’s where you come in!

Duolingo is the world's most popular learning app. Beyond our core learning product, we also offer English proficiency testing with the Duolingo English Test, and are bringing new subjects into the Duolingo app, where people can develop their Math and Music skills.
We are passionate about educating our users, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. We offer meaningful work, limitless learning opportunities, and collaboration with world-class minds. Come brighten your life and over half a billion more!

About the role
What you’ll do...
  • 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
 
What we’re looking for…
  • You have an Ph.D. in computer science or related technical field (or expect to by August 2026)
  • 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!
 
We post a multi-level salary range for all of our roles.
This is not inclusive of the rest of our awesome portfolio that includes equity compensation and world-class benefits. Our salary ranges are the same for all US locations. Your recruiter can share more details about the range for a specific level during the hiring process. The actual salary within the range is determined by many factors including but not limited to, skills, experience, education, and internal equity.

Salary Range: 
$131,800—$186,000 USD

Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here.
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.

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.
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