Engineering Manager, Short‑Form Learning Experience

EngineersOfAI; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Duolingo is seeking an engineering manager to lead the Short Form Experience Team in Pittsburgh or New York. You will manage a team of engineers, drive features that form the core of the learning experience, and focus on making bite-sized lessons more effective and engaging.

You will collaborate with product, design, research, and other engineering teams, lead strategic OKRs, and ensure high-quality, scalable infrastructure while building an inclusive team culture.

Qualifications

• Experience leading, managing, and building a team of software engineers.
• Track record of shipping multi-engineer projects with measurable business impact.
• Strong product instincts and comfort in highly experimental, data-driven environments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management across teams.
• Technical depth to guide architecture and mentor engineers.
• Ability to work from or relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY.

Responsibilities

• Co-lead a cross-functional team with partners in product management, aligning on strategy, priorities, and success metrics for features that help us teach better.
• Drive execution of projects from spec to implementation, experimentation/analysis, and ongoing ownership, while ensuring infrastructure reliability, scalability, and observability.
• Use data and rapid experimentation to inform decisions; partner with internal stakeholders to design A/B tests and translate insights into product improvements that measurably impact learning KPIs.
• Attract, grow, and retain diverse engineering talent; provide clear expectations, coaching, and career development, and build a healthy, inclusive team culture.
• Set engineering quality standards and processes that balance speed and long-term maintainability; proactively manage tech debt, product quality, and operational excellence.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, research, and other engineering teams to deliver user experiences that serve user needs while being impactful towards business metrics.
• Define team OKRs, ruthlessly prioritize, and remove roadblocks to enable teams to do their best work.

Skills

Team leadership

Hiring & retention

Data-driven decisions

A/B testing

Cross-functional collaboration

Architectural guidance

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Duolingo is seeking an engineering manager to lead the Short Form Experience Team in Pittsburgh or New York. You will manage a team of engineers, drive features that form the core of the learning experience, and focus on making bite-sized lessons more effective and engaging.

You will collaborate with product, design, research, and other engineering teams, lead strategic OKRs, and ensure high-quality, scalable infrastructure while building an inclusive team culture.