Duolingo
Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY, USA

AI Research Engineer, New PhD Graduate

$131,800 – $178,300/yrVisa SponsorshipPosted Sep 17, 2025WebsiteLinkedIn

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About this role

What you’ll do...

  • 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 then implement the best solution at scale to improve the lives of our millions of learners each day
  • Share your findings both within Duolingo as well as to the broader research community

What we’re looking for…

  • You have an Ph.D. in computer science or related technical field (or expect to by August 2026)
  • A portfolio of impactful work, in the form of (for example) publications, open-source projects, or 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