Senior Engineering Manager, Data Platform
Required skills
- A/B testing
- Experiment Platform
- Data Platform
- Scalable infrastructure
- Software engineers
- Talent retention
- Talent development
- Product development lifecycle
- Statistical methods
- Cross-functional leadership
Nice to have
- A/B testing tooling
- high-speed product development
- hypothesis testing
Role summary
Duolingo is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for their Data Platform team to lead the Experiments Team. This role will oversee the A/B testing system that powers Duolingo's product development, managing the in-house Experiment Platform responsible for defining, executing, and measuring experiments. The manager will expand platform capabilities, empower teams, and scale the system for increased velocity. This position requires strong leadership in building and developing software engineering teams, experience with scalable infrastructure and large datasets, and a background in A/B testing. The role involves close collaboration with product teams to shape the product lifecycle through data-driven experimentation.
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...
As the manager and team lead of the Experiments Team, you will oversee the A/B testing system that powers Duolingo's product development lifecycle. Experiments play an essential role at Duolingo, with almost all product changes going through some form of test. You will manage our in-house Experiment Platform that is responsible for defining experiments, executing them in the app, and measuring their outcome. While the role is platform-focused, you will remain highly connected to the product in all parts of Duolingo, shaping how we use A/B testing to build the best possible experience for our learners.
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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: $204,000—$306,000 USDBenefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here.Job Alerts: Sign up for job alerts here.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.Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information.By applying for this position your data will be processed as per the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice.
Sample Duolingo interview questions
- 1
Construct a platform for real-time analysis of mobile app performance metrics.
system designmedium - 2
Design a system for managing a distributed data lake.
system designmedium - 3
Merge a New Interval Merge a new interval into a list of non-overlapping intervals. Input: intervals = [[1,2],[3,5],[6,7],[8,10],[12,16]], newInterval = [4,8] Output: [[1,2],[3,10],[12,16]] Explanation: The new interval overlaps with [3,5], [6,7], and [8,10], merging them all into the unified block [3,10].
codingmedium - 4
Count Anagrammatic Substrings Count the number of anagrammatic substrings from one string present in another. Input: s = "abab", p = "ab" Output: [0, 1, 2] Explanation: The substrings "ab", "ba", and "ab" starting at indices 0, 1, and 2 respectively are all anagrams of the string "ab".
codingmedium - 5
Find the minimum path sum from top-left to bottom-right in a grid.
codingmedium
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