Engineering Manager, Product & Growth Experiments

Socket.dev; New York (NY); On-site; USD 183,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Duolingo is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Notifications area to co-lead a cross‑functional team, partnering with product, data science, and ML to deliver reliable, data‑driven improvements. You will shape strategy, run experiments, and maintain high engineering quality and operational excellence.

You will attract, develop, and retain diverse engineering talent, ensuring clear expectations and career growth while balancing speed and long-term maintainability.

Qualifications

• Experience leading, managing, and building a software engineering team.
• Track record of shipping multi-engineer projects with measurable business impact.
• Strong product instincts and data-driven experimentation experience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management with diverse teams.
• Ability to guide architecture and mentor engineers on best practices.

Responsibilities

• Co-lead a cross-functional team with product, data science, and design.
• Drive project execution from spec to deployment with reliability and observability.
• Use data and A/B tests to inform product decisions and KPIs.
• Grow and retain engineering talent with clear expectations and career development.
• Define team OKRs and remove roadblocks to maximize impact.

Skills

People management

Hiring

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Architecture guidance

Tools

Analytics tooling

Job description

Duolingo is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Notifications area to co-lead a cross‑functional team, partnering with product, data science, and ML to deliver reliable, data‑driven improvements. You will shape strategy, run experiments, and maintain high engineering quality and operational excellence.

You will attract, develop, and retain diverse engineering talent, ensuring clear expectations and career growth while balancing speed and long-term maintainability.