Senior Director of Engineering, New Subjects

<p>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!</p> <p>At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about finding <a href="https://blog.duolingo.com/tag/engineering/?utm_source=greenhouse.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=engblog_gh_091224">innovative solutions to complex technical problems</a>, 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. </p> <p>Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.</p> <hr> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>About the role...</strong></p> <p>Over the last few years, Duolingo has expanded beyond language learning into entirely new subjects: Math, Music, and Chess. These products reach millions of daily active users, are growing quickly, and represent a CEO-level bet that Duolingo can become a platform for learning anything.</p> <p>We're looking for a Senior Director of Engineering to co- lead the New Subjects pillar, responsible for building and scaling products ranging from early stages through to some of the company’s fastest-growing initiatives.</p> <p>This is a role for a builder. You'll make decisions about which subjects to invest in, how to allocate engineering resources across bets at different stages, where to continue investing and where to pivot. </p> <p>You’ll partner closely with Product and Design to shape the future of the pillar while building the organization that delivers it.</p> <p>This role is based in our New York, NY office on a hybrid (4+1) work schedule.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>🧠  You will...</strong></p> <ul> <li>Drive the product and technical strategy across <strong>Math, Music, and Chess</strong>, balancing short-term product impact with long-term strategic goals.</li> <li>Partner strategically with <strong>Product, Design, Learning and AI</strong> to evolve our strategy, including decisions on when and how to expand to additional subjects.</li> <li>Lead multiple engineering directors and their teams as they tackle some of the most interesting technical challenges in industry: AI-based content creation and tutoring at scale, neural bots, and Unity-based gameplay.</li> <li>Drive <strong>operational excellence across Duolingo’s engineering org</strong>, including reliability, performance