# Senior Engineering Manager, AI Platform 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: Senior
- Location: Pittsburgh, PA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-03
- Apply by: 2026-10-18
- Apply: https://careers.duolingo.com/jobs/8764849002?gh_jid=8764849002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/duolingo-senior-engineering-manager-ai-platform-2/

## About the role

As the manager and team lead of the new AI Tooling and Ecosystem Team, you will lead the development of the suite of tools and services that power Duolingo's use of AI in the product. You'll lead a team of 5-6 engineers to design systems for managing datasets, evaluating the performance of AI models, and building AI workflows. You will help shape how Duolingo builds features using AI, enabling teams to easily define quality metrics, combine human and AI feedback, and compare model performance.

## What they're looking for

- Experience leading, managing, and building a team of software and/or AI engineers, with demonstrated ability to hire, develop, and retain talent
- A track record of building AI-related infrastructure or user-facing products powered by AI
- Familiarity with AI evaluation methods, especially approaches that combine human and LLM-as-a-judge evaluations
- Strong cross‑functional leadership and communication skills, proven ability to align AI, product, data science, and platform partners on strategy and execution
- Comfort leading through ambiguity and shaping new ways of working in a fast‑evolving AI landscape
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field

Tags: Software Engineering