Senior iOS Engineer

Duolingo; New York (NY); On-site; USD 178,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Duolingo is hiring for multiple levels on the Ads team. The Senior iOS Engineer role focuses on growing and scaling Duolingo's ads business, delivering high-quality ads, and integrating them into the product experience to support the company's bottom line.

You will own iOS development and collaborate with product, design, data science, and operations teams. As an exceptional candidate, you’ll design clean APIs, work on multithreaded applications, and mentor junior engineers across the company

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Strong foundations in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
• Programming experience in Swift.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on software projects with product design and backend aspects.
• Develop, release, and maintain native iOS applications, primarily in Swift.
• Mentor and set technical direction for junior engineers across the company.

Skills

Swift

iOS

APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

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 massive 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

We are hiring for multiple levels for any one of the following teams. Leveling is usually determined once all interviews are completed.

Ads Team:
Duolingo's Monetization pillar builds the systems that fund our mission: from subscription packaging and advertising to ML-powered personalization and beyond. As a Senior iOS Engineer on Ads, you'll work on a product engineering team responsible for growing and scaling Duolingo's ads business: bringing high-quality ads that delight learners, fit seamlessly into our product experience, and meaningfully contribute to Duolingo’s bottom line. The team will own the systems behind ad serving, mediation and demand, in-product ad formats and surfaces, and more. You'll work cross functionally with product, design, data science, machine learning, and ad operations.

• Collaborate on software projects with product design and backend aspects
• Develop, release, and maintain native iOS applications, primarily in Swift
• Mentor and set technical direction for junior engineers across the company

You have...

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• A solid foundation in computer science with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design
• Programming experience in Swift

Exceptional candidates will have...

• Strong proficiency in Swift, with proven ability to build and maintain production-level applications
• Strong technical knowledge of iOS mobile application development for iPhone/iPad using Swift with Cocoa Touch and related frameworks
• Experience designing clean and maintainable APIs
• Experience with multithreaded programming
• Experience writing unit tests and testable code
• Knowledge of iOS SDK performance tools and optimization techniques

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Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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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:

$177,700 — $240,400 USD

AI in Hiring: Duolingo uses AI technology to assist in our hiring process. We want to be transparent about how we use this technology and your rights. We use Greenhouse Software's Talent Matching feature to assist with reviewing applications for the skills and experience we have decided are important for this role.

How it works:

• Talent Matching reviews your resume and responses to application questions to determine the extent to which your qualifications match the job requirements selected for this role. These requirements and their desired weighting are established by our recruiters in collaboration with hiring managers.
• All Talent Matching output is reviewed by our recruiting and hiring teams, who make the final decision on each application. Talent Matching does not automatically disposition any candidate or make hiring decisions.