# Senior Data Scientist, User Growth 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
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York, NY
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-26
- Apply by: 2026-10-14
- Apply: https://careers.duolingo.com/jobs/8750587002?gh_jid=8750587002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/duolingo-senior-data-scientist-user-growth-2/

## About the role

This person will embed with one or more product development teams, working collaboratively and cross-functionally to increase the impact of product iteration and experimentation. The ideal candidate combines deep technical fluency in data science and machine learning with exceptional communication skills and an acute product sense. They can identify the right questions to ask, use data analysis to create clarity in decision making, and deliver scalable data products and models as the situation demands.

## What they're looking for

- Experience working as a Data Scientist embedded with or supporting a product development team. You have experience creating value from data in messy real-world settings
- Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to distill complex quantitative work into crisp, actionable insights for diverse audiences
- A graduate degree in Data Science, Statistics, Economics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent demonstrated expertise in formal analysis methodology
- Strong command of SQL, Python or R, AI tools, and data/analytics engineering ecosystems
- Fluency with standard machine learning and predictive modeling techniques

Tags: Data Science + Analytics