Senior Data Scientist, User Growth

Duolingo; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 183,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Duolingo is seeking a data scientist to embed with product teams, turning data into scalable insights that influence product iteration and growth. You will build and communicate analyses, define metrics, and deliver data products that drive ROI across initiatives.

You bring a graduate quantitative degree, strong SQL/Python (or R), experience shaping data-driven decisions in a product environment, and the ability to translate complex results into clear narratives for leadership and partners.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Data Scientist embedded with a product team.
• Ability to translate complex quantitative work into actionable insights.
• Graduate degree in Data Science, Statistics, Economics, or related field.
• Strong command of SQL, Python or R, and AI tools.
• Experience with predictive modeling techniques.

Responsibilities

• Embed within product teams, delivering data products and analyses that move outcomes.
• Collaborate across Product, Engineering, Design, Marketing, and Finance.
• Own prioritization and ROI assessment of Data Science opportunities.
• Translate findings into narratives for leadership and partners.
• Contribute to analytics foundations and self-serve dashboards.
• Mentor other Data Scientists.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

AI tools

Data analytics engineering

Education

Graduate degree in Data Science, Statistics, Economics, or related quantitative field

Tools

ML platforms

SQL-based tooling

Job description

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in! At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. Read our blog to learn more.

About The Role

This person will embed with one or more product development teams, working collaboratively and cross-functionally to increase the impact of product iteration and experimentation. The ideal candidate combines deep technical fluency in data science and machine learning with exceptional communication skills and an acute product sense. They can identify the right questions to ask, use data analysis to create clarity in decision making, and deliver scalable data products and models as the situation demands.

You will

• Embed within one or more product development teams, building strong stakeholder connections and delivering data products and analyses that move team outcomes.
• Collaborate across functional boundaries with Product Management, Engineering, Design, Marketing, and Finance across every phase of product development.
• Own the prioritization and ROI assessment of Data Science opportunities within your area.
• Translate complex findings into clear narratives for leadership and cross-functional partners. Influence strategic decisions through technical depth and effective communication.
• Contribute to the analytical foundations within Growth, developing definitions, methodological guidelines, and self-serve dashboards that enable others to operate with data fluency.
• Mentor and learn from other Data Scientists both within the Growth pillar and across the company.

You have

• Experience working as a Data Scientist embedded with or supporting a product development team. You have experience creating value from data in messy real-world settings.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to distill complex quantitative work into crisp, actionable insights for diverse audiences.
• A graduate degree in Data Science, Statistics, Economics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent demonstrated expertise in formal analysis methodology.
• Strong command of SQL, Python or R, AI tools, and data/analytics engineering ecosystems.
• Fluency with standard machine learning and predictive modeling techniques.

Exceptional candidates will have

• Experience operating at a high-growth, data-intensive consumer technology company, particularly in the user growth area.
• Experience building, maintaining, and improving production machine learning models and the infrastructure that supports them.
• An impressive Duolingo streak.

The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role!

Salary Range

$182,800—$247,300 USD

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