Duolingo

Senior Localization Program Manager

Duolingo 📍 New York, USA 🏢 On-site Posted Aug 19, 2026 via Duolingo careers
full-time 📂 Operations & Logistics 🏢 On-site 🏭 Education

✨ Job Highlights

  • ★Pay: $142,800 to $193,200 a year
  • ★On-site: New York
  • ★Full-time role in operations & logistics
  • ★Apply directly on Duolingo's careers site
  • ★Posted August 19, 2026

Full Job Description

Senior Localization Program Manager job at Duolingo in New York

Duolingo is recruiting a Senior Localization Program Manager to join the team in New York. The job is full-time and office based. Duolingo lists pay of $142,800 to $193,200 a year.

The description below comes from Duolingo's own job posting.

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...

Join Duolingo’s Localization team within Scaling Operations to turn complex, high-volume localization work into durable, low-touch systems that scale across our 30+ UI languages. You’ll own the end-to-end programs that bring promising product ideas into long-term, scalable operations, improving launch speed, quality, and efficiency. Working closely with Product, Engineering, Design, Marketing, and language partners, you will help build the systems that keep localization in lockstep with Duolingo’s growth.

🧠 You will...

  • Drive automation and system improvements to scale from 0-to-1 and beyond, leveraging technology to make localized content production simpler, more repeatable, and more transparent
  • Own the metrics for your vertical to improve strategy, decision-making, and prioritization
  • Cultivate relationships with key partners (marketing, product, design, engineering) to develop a localization strategy and roadmap for your area; develop and socialize best practices and ways of working
  • Establish workflows and tooling that increase localization throughput and quality across our system.
  • ✅ You have...

  • Demonstrated experience crafting localization strategy and systems for new features and experiences, in collaboration with product, design, and engineering partners
  • A track record of building and leading localization programs in a cross-functional consumer app environment
  • Tech-savviness. You are proficient in managing and scaling workloads using technology, including AI, CMSs, and CAT tools
  • Excellent communication skills; you influence without authority and align diverse stakeholders to drive decisions
  • Comfort defining goals and metrics and translating insights into actionable engineering requirements and scalable workflow specifications
  • ⭐ Exceptional candidates will have...

  • Hands-on experience in localization quality frameworks and ecosystems
  • Familiarity with internationalization engineering concepts such as Unicode handling and message format in consumer apps
  • Experience supporting international product growth in emerging or high-complexity language markets
  • 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: $142,800 to $193,200 USD

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    Accommodations: 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 accommodations@duolingo.com.

    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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    Quick answers

    What is the salary for the Senior Localization Program Manager role at Duolingo?

    Duolingo advertises $142,800 to $193,200 a year for this role.

    Can I work remotely in this job?

    No, it is an on-site job in New York.

    What experience do I need for this Senior Localization Program Manager job?

    The posting mentions skills such as Recruiting. Read the full description above for the complete list.

    Where do I send my application to Duolingo?

    Use the apply button on this page. It takes you to Duolingo's own application form, so your CV goes directly to their hiring team.

    When was this job posted?

    Duolingo published the role on August 19, 2026. We check the employer's job board every day and take this page down when the role closes, so if you can read it, the job was still listed at our last check.

    Source: Duolingo careers page (careers.duolingo.com). Applications go straight to the employer. We check the listing daily and remove it once it closes.

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    Recruiting

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    🏢 Company Duolingo
    📍 Location New York, USA
    💼 Job Type full-time
    🌐 Work Mode 🏢 On-site
    🏭 Industry Education
    🗓 Posted Date Aug 19, 2026
    🔗 Via Duolingo careers
    📅 Deadline Dec 15, 2034

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