Duolingo

Senior Data Scientist, User Growth

Duolingo 📍 New York, USA 🏢 On-site Posted Aug 26, 2026 via Duolingo careers
full-time 📂 Data Science & Analytics 🏢 On-site 🏭 Education

✨ Job Highlights

  • ★Pay: $182,800 to $247,300 a year
  • ★On-site: New York or Pennsylvania
  • ★Full-time role in data science & analytics
  • ★Experience asked for: Entry level
  • ★Education: Bachelor's degree
  • ★Apply directly on Duolingo's careers site
  • ★Posted August 26, 2026

Full Job Description

Senior Data Scientist, User Growth job at Duolingo in New York

Duolingo is hiring a Senior Data Scientist, User Growth in New York or Pennsylvania. It is a full-time position. Duolingo lists pay of $182,800 to $247,300 a year.

Duolingo describes the job as follows.

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 to $247,300 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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    Common questions

    What is the salary for the Senior Data Scientist, User Growth role at Duolingo?

    Duolingo advertises $182,800 to $247,300 a year for this role.

    Is this a remote, hybrid or office job?

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

    What experience do I need for this Senior Data Scientist, User Growth job?

    The posting mentions that it is open to entry-level applicants, a bachelor's degree or equivalent and skills such as Python, SQL, Machine Learning and Recruiting. Read the full description above for the complete list.

    How do I apply for the Senior Data Scientist, User Growth job?

    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 26, 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.

    Required Skills

    Python SQL Machine Learning Recruiting

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    🏢 Company Duolingo
    📍 Location New York, USA
    💼 Job Type full-time
    🌐 Work Mode 🏢 On-site
    🏭 Industry Education
    🗓 Posted Date Aug 26, 2026
    🔗 Via Duolingo careers
    🎯 Experience Entry level
    🎓 Education Bachelor's degree
    📅 Deadline Dec 16, 2034

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