Senior Director of Engineering – AI-Driven Math Platform

Duolingo; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 296,000 - 444,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Job summary

Duolingo in New York, NY is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering to lead Math and scale teaching methods across subjects, leveraging a world-class engineering team and AI-driven content. This builder role shapes the product and organization.

You will direct multiple engineering leaders, drive operational excellence, and partner with Product, Learning, and AI to expand to new subjects while delivering high-impact, measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience leading consumer product engineering organizations (30+ engineers).
• Track record of driving measurable business impact through product development at scale.
• Experience building or scaling LLM-powered product features and AI tutoring.
• Strong cross-functional partnership with product, design, learning and AI teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the product and technical strategy for Math and related subjects.
• Partner with Product, Design, Learning and AI to expand to additional subjects.
• Lead multiple engineering leaders and drive high-performance execution.

Skills

Consumer product engineering

LLM-powered features

Experiment-driven culture

Cross-functional leadership

People management

Job description

Duolingo in New York, NY is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering to lead Math and scale teaching methods across subjects, leveraging a world-class engineering team and AI-driven content. This builder role shapes the product and organization.

You will direct multiple engineering leaders, drive operational excellence, and partner with Product, Learning, and AI to expand to new subjects while delivering high-impact, measurable outcomes.