Data Scientist, Intern

Duolingo; Lower Providence Township (PA); On-site; USD 74,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Catered lunches

Hackathons

Company social events

Job summary

Duolingo is seeking a data science intern to derive insights that shape product roadmaps and business outcomes. You will apply advanced analytics, model user behavior, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to deploy data-driven solutions.

You'll build dashboards and forecasts, ensure accurate tracking, and participate in a culture of fact-based decision making as we scale. Expect hands-on learning, mentorship, and real impact on an educational platform.

Qualifications

• Pursuing an Undergraduate or Masters in a quantitative field with expected graduation in 2027/2028.
• Strong data analysis skills and ability to communicate results.
• Experience analyzing large datasets and applying analytics to business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Derive insights from data to influence product roadmaps and drive business results.
• Apply analytics and AI methods to model user behavior and impact of features.
• Evaluate experiments to improve user experiences.
• Develop dashboards, reports, or forecasts.
• Ensure quality of tracking and data collection.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to implement solutions.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Statistics

Presentation

Education

Undergraduate or Masters in quantitative field

Expected graduation Fall 2027 or Spring/Summer 2028

Tools

BigQuery

Snowflake

dbt

Job description

Our mission at the company 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 the company, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s 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 You will...

• Derive insights from data to influence product roadmaps and drive business results
• Apply advanced analytical and AI methods to model user behavior and estimate the impact of potential new feature implementations, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to develop solutions
• Evaluate product experiments to create and improve user experiences
• Develop dashboards, reports, and/or forecasts
• Ensure the quality of our tracking and data collection
• Help preserve our culture of fact-based decision making as we scale

You have...

• Pursuing an Undergraduate or Masters degree in a quantitative field (e.g., statistics, economics, computer science, math, linguistics, computational social science, ML/AI) with expected graduation in Fall 2027 or Spring/Summer 2028
• Strong understanding of consumer digital products and an interest in applying advanced analytics to business outcomes
• Previous experience analyzing large datasets and communicating results
• Skilled in SQL, Python or R, and/or statistical methods to analyze behavioral data
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Enthusiasm for learning and sharing analytical methods to help grow a collaborative Data Science team and data-forward company culture
• Able to relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY

Exceptional candidates will have...

• Experience with \"big data\" and cloud computing technologies like BigQuery, Snowflake, and/or dbt
• Experience articulating business questions and using available data to find answers that translate into product recommendations
• Self-starter, with a desire both to learn new techniques and guide others
• Familiarity with AI tools such as Cursor, a knack for prompt engineering, and a desire to continue to innovate and learn in AI.
• A GPA of 3.5+
• A the company streak

Why you’ll love working here…

• Language learning opportunities
• Catered in-house lunches, and breakfast and dinner options
• Company-wide Hackathon
• Frequent company-wide dinners, monthly celebrations, social clubs, and so much more!

Hourly Range for this internship is:

$54—$56 USD

Accommodations: 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 [e-mail].

Equal Employment Opportunity: the company 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.