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Duolingo is hiring a Senior Android Engineer, Chess to join their Engineering division. The role involves developing, releasing, and maintaining native Android application features in Kotlin while collaborating with product design and backend teams and mentoring junior engineers.

Highlights

Develop and maintain native Android features for Duolingo's Chess product using Kotlin
Collaborate closely with product design and backend engineering teams
Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
Must have programming experience in Kotlin on Android
Strong communication skills to convey technical issues to varied stakeholders
Exceptional candidates have 5+ years building reactive Android apps and leadership skills
Experience designing clean APIs and writing unit tests is preferred
Position requires relocation to New York, NY
Salary range between $177,700 and $300,000 USD, with equity and benefits included

Senior Android Engineer, Chess Full Description

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 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. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s 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

Chess Team:

The Chess team builds engaging, educational features through Duolingo’s signature approach to learning. On this team, you will shape core product experiences by improving gameplay and creating engaging, high-quality course content. As an engineer building Duolingo's newest product, you can expect to move quickly, prototype boldly, and experiment often

You will...

Collaborate on software projects with product design and backend aspects
Develop, release, and maintain native Android application features in Kotlin
Mentor and set technical direction for junior engineers on the team

You have...

A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
Programming experience in Kotlin on Android
The ability to communicate technical issues effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Ability to relocate to New York, NY

Exceptional candidates will have...

5 years of programming experience building reactive Android apps
Demonstrated self-direction, with a desire both to learn new techniques and mentor others
Outstanding leadership and negotiation skills
Experience designing clean and maintainable APIs
Experience writing unit tests and testable code

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—$300,000 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.

By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice.

Original Job Description

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!

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

About the role

Chess Team:

You will...

Collaborate on software projects with product design and backend aspects
Develop, release, and maintain native Android application features in Kotlin
Mentor and set technical direction for junior engineers on the team

You have...

A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
Programming experience in Kotlin on Android
The ability to communicate technical issues effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Ability to relocate to New York, NY

Exceptional candidates will have...

5 years of programming experience building reactive Android apps
Demonstrated self-direction, with a desire both to learn new techniques and mentor others
Outstanding leadership and negotiation skills
Experience designing clean and maintainable APIs
Experience writing unit tests and testable code

We post a multi-level salary range for all of our roles.

Salary Range:

$177,700—$300,000 USD

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

By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice.

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