Director of Engineering, Math

TrulyHired; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 244,000 - 366,000; Full time

Job summary

TrulyHired is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the Math education team in New York, NY. This role combines strategic product leadership with technical execution, partnering with various teams to develop innovative education solutions. The position offers opportunities for mentorship and career growth, while maintaining a strong focus on operational excellence.

The ideal candidate will have experience in high-growth consumer product organizations and a proven track record of driving impactful results through technology and strong team dynamics.

Qualifications

• Experience leading consumer product engineering organizations (30+ engineers).
• Strong product instincts and experience partnering with product leadership.
• Track record of driving measurable impact on business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Drive the product and technical strategy for Math education.
• Partner with Product, Design, and AI to evolve strategies.
• Lead fast-moving engineering teams tackling technical challenges.

Skills

Leadership in engineering organizations

Product strategy development

Impact on business outcomes

AI-driven content generation

High-performance team building

Job description

Director of Engineering, Math Full Description

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

At Duolingo, youll 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. Youll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes while doing work thats 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...

Over the last few years, Duolingo has expanded beyond language learning into entirely new subjects: Math, Music, and Chess. These products reach millions of daily active users, are growing quickly, and represent a CEO-level bet that Duolingo can become a platform for learning anything.

We're looking for a Director of Engineering to help lead Math and scale our teaching method to Physics, Chemistry, and more.

This is a role for a builder. Youll take on creating math education at scale, leveraging a world-class engineering team and AI-driven content generation system. You'll make decisions about which school subjects to invest in, how to allocate engineering resources across bets at different stages, where to continue investing and where to pivot. Youll partner closely with Product and Design to shape the future of the product while building the organization that delivers it.

This role is based in our New York, NY office on a hybrid (4+1) work schedule.

You will...

• Drive the product and technical strategy for Math, balancing short-term product impact with long-term strategic goals.
• Partner strategically with Product, Design, Learning and AI to evolve our strategy, including decisions on when and how to expand to additional subjects.
• Lead multiple fast-moving engineering leaders and their teams as they tackle some of the most interesting technical challenges in industry, including AI content generation and AI tutoring.
• Lead an organization that moves quickly, runs high-quality experiments, and translates product insights into measurable business impact.
• Build and develop a strong leadership bench capable of bringing ambitious new products to market.
• Drive operational excellence across Duolingos engineering org, including reliability, performance, developer productivity, and efficient execution at scale.
• Contribute to Duolingos engineering hiring bar and talent systems, playing a central role in hiring decisions, leveling, and organizational design to maintain a high-performance, high-density team.

You have...

• Experience leading consumer product engineering organizations (30+ engineers), ideally across multiple high growth product experiences.
• Product instincts and experience partnering closely with product leadership to define strategy, not just execute against it.
• A track record of driving measurable impact on business outcomes, including growing early product development through significant company scale.
• Experience building or scaling LLM-powered product features, with a strong interest in building engineering cultures that embrace new technologies
• Deep experience building and scaling high-velocity, experiment-driven product organizations.
• A track record of building high-performance, inclusive teams, and making thoughtful, high-judgment talent decisions.
• Ability to influence senior executives and drive clarity in ambiguous, cross-functional situations.
• Ability to work from our New York, NY office on a 4+1 hybrid work schedule.

Salary Range: $244,000-$366,000 USD

Equal Employment Opportunity: 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.

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 [email protected] .