Duolingo
Technical Recruiter
🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, PA
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $117K - $190K
💻 Human Resources
🗓️ October 10th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Manage recruiting for Software Engineering and Mobile roles, with potential expansion to Data Science, AI, or Product.
- Build and maintain diverse pipelines through strategic sourcing and networking.
- Partner with hiring managers to forecast and meet team hiring needs.
- Deliver excellent candidate experience and train interviewers on hiring standards.
- Support technical employer branding to attract engineering talent.
- Use data insights to optimize recruiting efficiency, quality, and inclusivity.
- Stay updated on industry trends to maintain competitiveness in hiring.
- Provide feedback to improve recruiting tools and systems.
- Require 3+ years of technical recruiting experience and a bachelor’s degree.
- Salary range: $116,500–$189,800 USD, plus equity compensation and benefits.
Technical Recruiter 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 educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. Youâll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds â while doing work thatâs 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...
Our people are the most valuable asset that helps us shape and grow our crown jewel, the worldâs most loved education app. As a Technical Recruiter at Duolingo, youâll help grow the teams that bring our products to life by hiring exceptional Software Engineers and Mobile Developers. Weâre a fast-paced team fueled by curiosity, quirk, and result-driven innovation, and weâre looking for someone whoâs energized by this environment and excited to help us scale thoughtfully.
You will...
- Manage full-cycle recruiting for Software Engineering and Mobile roles across multiple locations with the flexibility to expand into Data Science, AI, or Product
- Build and maintain a diverse pipeline of top engineering talent, using a mix of strategic sourcing, networking, and creative outreach.
- Partner with hiring managers to forecast and meet hiring needs for critical technical teams.
- Deliver an exceptional candidate experience, train and collaborate with interviewers to uphold Duolingoâs values and hiring standards.
- Support employer branding efforts that resonate with technical audiences and highlight our engineering culture.
- Use data and insights to track recruiting performance and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, quality, and inclusivity.
- Stay on top of industry and market trends to help Duolingo remain competitive in attracting top mobile and software engineering talent.
- Leverage and provide feedback on our recruiting tools and systems to continuously enhance how we source and hire.
You have...
- 3+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, with a focus on software engineering and/or mobile roles.
- The ability to work from or relocate to Pittsburgh, PA.
- A bachelorâs degree.
- Demonstrated success in sourcing, engaging, and nurturing diverse technical talent pipelines.
- Excellent organization, prioritization, and time management skills.
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with evolving priorities.
- A balance of accountability, adaptability, and attention to detail, able to manage ambiguity while delivering results.
Exceptional candidates will have...
- Experience recruiting for companies known for technical depth and innovation.
- A data-informed recruiting mindset, balancing speed with candidate quality and experience.
- Familiarity with tools like Textio, Gem, and Greenhouse.
- A deep understanding of technical recruiting best practices and employer branding principles.
- An impressive Duolingo streak!
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.
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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