Duolingo needs to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. The Platform Area team supports the engineering needs of the rest of Duolingo, specifically focusing on making Duolingo an engaging and animated character-focused experience through tools and new technology for content and experiences used across the app.
Requirements
- 5+ years in software development focused on content or animation creation.
- Have a record of owning the execution of successful technical projects that span multiple engineers over multiple weeks.
- Experience designing and building scalable content pipelines.
- Experience with specific tools Unity, Rive, or related tools.
- Experience building custom internal tooling for designers.
- Deep understanding of procedural and generative graphics and media creation.
Responsibilities
- Lead a multi-disciplinary team of tooling, AI, and graphics experts to build visual, animated and interactive content.
- Deliver and maintain a long term roadmap for work within the team and coordinate that planning with product engineering throughout the company.
- Leverage AI to help drive technical projects and provide innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment.
- Craft and implement a vision for evaluating new technology, de-risking and scaling for multiple projects, collaborating with product partners and engineering teams across the company.
- Build tools and use new technology to create content and experiences used across the app, from generated videos for Monetization to images and games for Learning.
Other
- 2+ years of experience leading, managing, and building a team of software engineers.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Guide, prioritize, and communicate the team's quarterly objectives and accomplishments to peer leaders and the broader engineering organization.
- Mentor engineers and help cultivate their career aspirations.
- Collaborating with product partners and engineering teams across the company.
