Director of Engineering, Math

EngineersOfAI; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

EngineersOfAI is seeking a leader in New York, NY to drive product and technical strategy for our new Math initiative. In this hybrid role, you will partner with teams to evolve strategy, tackle exciting technical challenges, and maintain a high-performance engineering culture.

The ideal candidate will have experience leading large product engineering teams, with a focus on measurable business impact and LLM-powered product features. Join us in shaping the future of learning!

Qualifications

• Experience leading consumer product engineering organizations (30+ engineers).
• Track record of driving measurable impact on business outcomes.
• Experience building or scaling LLM-powered product features.

Responsibilities

• Drive product and technical strategy for Math.
• Lead fast-moving engineering teams tackling technical challenges.
• Contribute to hiring and organizational design.

Skills

Leadership in engineering organizations

Strategic product thinking

Business impact driving

Experience with LLM-powered features

Building high-velocity teams

Cross-functional influence

Job description

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.

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 Duolingo’s engineering org, including reliability, performance, developer productivity, and efficient execution at scale.
• Contribute to Duolingo’s 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.