Lead, Short-Form Engineering — Shape Bite-Sized Learning

EngineersOfAI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Duolingo is seeking an engineering manager to lead the Short Form Experience Team. You will manage 7 engineers, align with product, design, research, and data teams, and ship features that strengthen bite-sized lessons on our learning platform.

This role emphasizes data‑driven experimentation, mentorship, and cross‑functional collaboration to improve engagement, recall, and production skills across languages.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and growing a software engineering team.
• Track record shipping multi-engineer projects with measurable impact.
• Strong product instincts and data-driven experimentation.
• Excellent communication with cross-functional partners.
• Technical depth to guide architecture and mentor engineers.
• Willingness to 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 & mentoring

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional collab

Technical leadership

Architecture guidance

Job description

Duolingo is seeking an engineering manager to lead the Short Form Experience Team. You will manage 7 engineers, align with product, design, research, and data teams, and ship features that strengthen bite-sized lessons on our learning platform.

This role emphasizes data‑driven experimentation, mentorship, and cross‑functional collaboration to improve engagement, recall, and production skills across languages.