Engineering Manager, Notifications - Growth & Reliability

Duolingo; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 112,000 - 142,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision for employees

Mental health support

Fertility benefits

Fully paid parental leave

401(k) with generous match

Annual international retreat

Lunch provided daily

Job summary

Duolingo is seeking an Engineering Manager, Notifications to co-lead a cross-functional team focused on growth, personalization, and reliable delivery of notifications to hundreds of millions of learners.

You will drive strategy, run experiments, and elevate reliability and observability while partnering with data science and ML to inform product improvements that move key KPIs. Relocation or remote work options may be considered, with a strong emphasis on hiring and developing top talent.

Qualifications

• Technical depth to guide architecture and trade-offs.
• Experience leading, managing, and building a team of software engineers, with demonstrated ability to hire, develop, and retain talent.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management across engineering, product, design, and data.

Responsibilities

• Co-lead a cross-functional team with a Product Manager, partnering with data science and ML.
• Own product impact and technical excellence, balancing speed and reliability.
• Drive execution of projects from spec to implementation with experimentation and ownership.
• Define team OKRs, priorities, and remove roadblocks for best work.
• Collaborate with product, design, research, and other teams to deliver user experiences aligned to business metrics.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decisions

Mentoring engineers

Communication

OKRs & execution

Product & design empathy

Tools

Architecture decisions

Observability

A/B testing

Job description

Duolingo is seeking an Engineering Manager, Notifications to co-lead a cross-functional team focused on growth, personalization, and reliable delivery of notifications to hundreds of millions of learners.

You will drive strategy, run experiments, and elevate reliability and observability while partnering with data science and ML to inform product improvements that move key KPIs. Relocation or remote work options may be considered, with a strong emphasis on hiring and developing top talent.