# AI Research Intern (PhD) at Duolingo

- Company: Duolingo
- What the company does: Learn languages by playing a game. It. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, NEA and USV.
- Company website: https://www.duolingo.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Internship
- Location: New York, NY; Pittsburgh, PA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-11-06
- Apply by: 2026-12-21
- Apply: https://careers.duolingo.com/jobs/8928712002?gh_jid=8928712002&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/duolingo-ai-research-intern-phd/

## About the role

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 educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Pursuing a PhD in artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, or related field
- Graduation expected by August 2028
- Contributions to research communities and efforts, including publishing papers at conferences such as ACL, CVPR, EDM, ICML, NeurIPS, etc
- A portfolio of impactful work, in the form of (for example) publications, open-source projects, or AI internships
- Experience implementing AI systems in Python, Java, Scala, or C/C++ (i.e., not just R or MATLAB)
- A creative, interdisciplinary, and entrepreneurial approach to R&D

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