2 months ago
Beijing, ChinaSenior
Responsibilities
- Collaborate on software projects involving product, design, and backend work.
- Develop, release, and maintain backend services and/or infrastructure.
- Lead individual project priorities and milestones and ensure projects ship.
- Work cross-functionally with product, design, data science, machine learning, and ad operations teams.
- Develop and refine methods that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of monetization efforts.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
- Experience programming in Java, Python, or Kotlin.
- Solid understanding of one or more database technologies.
- Preferred experience building high-traffic APIs using public cloud providers.
- Preferred experience with observability technologies such as OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, or DataDog.
About Duolingo
Duolingo builds a mobile-first platform for learning languages and basic skills, sold via a freemium app with ads and a subscription. It also operates the Duolingo English Test, an online, proctored language proficiency exam accepted by thousands of institutions. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, the company is publicly traded on Nasdaq (DUOL) and is expanding into subjects like math and early literacy.