Engineering Manager, Design Accelerator

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Duolingo is hiring an Engineering Manager, Design Accelerator. This role involves leading a multidisciplinary team to develop innovative tools and technology for creating engaging animated and visual content used across Duolingo's app. The manager will craft and implement a vision for evaluating new technologies, coordinating with product and engineering teams, and mentoring engineers to achieve strategic objectives.

Highlights

Lead a team of tooling, AI, and graphics experts to build interactive and animated content.
Develop and maintain a long-term roadmap aligned with company-wide product engineering plans.
Leverage AI technologies to drive technical projects and innovate solutions.
Communicate team objectives and accomplishments to peer leaders and the engineering organization.
Mentor engineers and support their career development.
2+ years of experience managing software engineering teams and 5+ years in software development focused on content or animation creation.
Experience owning the execution of multi-engineer technical projects with strong communication skills.
Preferred experience with Unity, Rive, scalable content pipelines, custom internal tooling for designers, and procedural or generative graphics.
Salary range from $177,700 to $240,400 USD.
Position supports Duolingo's mission to enhance education for over half a billion learners worldwide.

Engineering Manager, Design Accelerator Full Description

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. Itâs a big mission, and thatâs where you come in!

At Duolingo, youâll join a team that cares about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems, running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. Youâll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes â while doing work thatâs both fun and meaningful.

Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.

About the role

As an engineering manager in the Platform Area, you will lead one of our teams in supporting the engineering needs of the rest of Duolingo.

Design Accelerator, Design Tools:

This team is responsible for making Duolingo an engaging and animated character-focused experience. The team builds tools and uses new technology to create content and experiences used across the app, from generated videos for Monetization to images and games for Learning. .

As the Engineering Manager you will craft and implement a vision for evaluating new technology, de-risking and scaling for multiple projects, collaborating with product partners and engineering teams across the company.

:brain: You will...

Lead a multi-disciplinary team of tooling, AI, and graphics experts to build visual, animated and interactive content.
Deliver and maintain a long term roadmap for work within the team and coordinate that planning with product engineering throughout the company.
Leverage AI to help drive technical projects and provide innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment.
Guide, prioritize, and communicate the team's quarterly objectives and accomplishments to peer leaders and the broader engineering organization.
Mentor engineers and help cultivate their career aspirations.

:check: You have...

2+ years of experience leading, managing, and building a team of software engineers.
5+ years in software development focused on content or animation creation.
Have a record of owning the execution of successful technical projects that span multiple engineers over multiple weeks.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

:star: Exceptional candidates will have...

Experience designing and building scalable content pipelines.
Experience with specific tools Unity, Rive, or related tools.
Experience building custom internal tooling for designers.
Deep understanding of procedural and generative graphics and media creation.

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:

$177,700—$240,400 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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