AI Research Engineer, PhD Graduate

Overview

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Duolingo is the world’s most popular learning app. Our mission is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. We offer AI-powered products and are expanding into new subjects within the Duolingo app.

We are passionate about educating our users, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. We offer meaningful work, opportunities for learning, and collaboration with world-class minds.

• Solve our most ambitious problems with the right tool for the task
• Collaborate cross-functionally to bring your ideas to life in the product
• Identify problems, prototype solutions, evaluate their return on investment, and implement the best solution at scale to improve the lives of our millions of learners each day
• Share your findings both within Duolingo and with the broader research community

• A Ph.D. in computer science or related technical field (or expected by August 2026)
• A portfolio of impactful work (e.g., publications, open-source projects, AI internships)
• Ability to relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY
• A creative, interdisciplinary, and entrepreneurial approach to R&D
• Strong debugging and critical thinking skills

• Language learning opportunities
• Catered in-house lunches and breakfasts
• Company-wide Hackathon
• PTO and company holidays
• Regular social events and a collaborative culture

We post a multi-level salary range for all of our roles. The actual salary within the range is determined by many factors including skills, experience, education, and internal equity. Our salary ranges are the same for all US locations; details can be shared by your recruiter during the hiring process.

Salary Range: $131,800—$186,000 USD

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Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

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• Seniority level:
  Internship
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries:
  Software Development