Senior Engineering Manager, Client Platform

Duolingo; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 144,000 - 294,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company on a mission to revolutionize education for learners worldwide. As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead a dynamic team focused on enhancing the stability and performance of a widely used learning application. This role offers the chance to drive innovative technical projects, mentor talented engineers, and collaborate across departments to create impactful solutions. With limitless learning opportunities and a commitment to employee well-being, this position promises a rewarding and meaningful career in a fast-paced environment. Be part of a team that values creativity and excellence in technology.

Benefits

Equity Compensation

World-Class Benefits

Flexible Work Environment

Career Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience leading software engineering teams.
• 8+ years in Android/iOS software development.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of iOS and Android engineers to enhance app performance.
• Deliver a long-term roadmap for engineering projects.

Skills

Team Leadership

Software Development

Communication Skills

Performance Analysis

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CI/CD Tools

Perfetto

Xcode Instruments

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 finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems, running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our substantial user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s both fun and meaningful.

Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.

About the role

As an engineering manager in the Platform Area, you will lead one of our teams in supporting the engineering needs of the rest of Duolingo.

Client Platform, Application Stability and Performance:

• This team is charged with improving and maintaining the stability and performance of our Learning application across the Android and iOS platforms. The team builds and owns the tooling that integrates metrics into our experiment analyses to automate finding code areas that need attention and leads architectural initiatives to reinvent the slowest parts of the app.

As the Engineering Manager you will craft and implement a vision for maintaining a performant and stable app for Duolingo’s learners, collaborating with product partners and engineering teams across the company.

You will...

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team of iOS and Android engineers.
• Deliver and maintain a long term roadmap for work within the team and coordinate that planning with product engineering throughout the company.
• Provide a unified set of frameworks, tools, and accompanying processes that enable teams to observe and improve the Duolingo mobile experience.
• Leverage AI to help drive technical projects and provide innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Guide, prioritize, and communicate the team's quarterly objectives and accomplishments to peer leaders and the broader engineering organization.
• Mentor engineers and help cultivate their career aspirations.

You have...

• 2+ years of experience leading, managing, and building a team of software engineers.
• 8+ years in software development on Android and/or iOS, including using native and 3rd party tooling to analyze and improve application performance and stability.
• Have a record of owning the execution of successful technical projects that span multiple engineers over multiple weeks.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Exceptional candidates will have...

• Experience creating performance pipelines integrated into CI/CD workflows.
• Experience building custom internal tooling for mobile developers.
• Deep understanding of ANRs and profiling tools such as Perfetto or Xcode Instruments.

We post a multi-level salary range for all of our roles.

This is not inclusive of the rest of our awesome portfolio that includes equity compensation and world-class benefits. Our salary ranges are the same for all US locations. Your recruiter can share more details about the range for a specific level during the hiring process. The actual salary within the range is determined by many factors including but not limited to, skills, experience, education, and internal equity.

Salary Range: $144,500 — $294,000 USD

Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here.

We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact [e-mail].

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