Senior AI Engineering Manager

Join Duolingo, the leading language learning platform, as a Senior AI Engineering Manager. In this role, you will lead a full-stack team of engineers, contribute to the development of machine learning models, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. You will also participate in strategic decision-making, attract and retain diverse engineering talent, and stay up-to-date with the latest developments in machine learning. Enjoy a range of benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, mental health support, paid parental leave, and more.

• Gérer une équipe pluridisciplinaire d'ingénieurs en recherche en intelligence artificielle, en favorisant un environnement de travail collaboratif et innovant.
• Contribuer au développement et à la formation de divers modèles d'apprentissage automatique, y compris les réseaux neuronaux à grande échelle.
• Attirer, développer et retenir des talents divers en ingénierie; fournir des attentes claires, du coaching et du développement de carrière.
• They will be comfortable working at all levels of the ML stack, including feature engineering, developing training data, fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, quality evaluations, deployment, and monitoring
• They will have extensive experience across various machine learning techniques, including large language models, personalization, recommender systems, and experimentation
• The ideal candidate will have a proven track record leading multidisciplinary teams, including AI research engineers
• Deep understanding of machine learning concepts, frameworks, and best practices
• Technical depth sufficient to guide architecture and implementation trade‑offs, evolve quality standards, and mentor engineers on best practices
• Strong background in training and fine-tuning large models in an applied setting
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across engineering, product, design, and data; clear written specs and status updates
• Experience leading, managing, and building a team of software engineers, with demonstrated ability to hire, develop, and retain talent
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with a focus on machine learning or artificial intelligence, or equivalent experience
• Proven experience as an AI research engineer, for example, in LLMs, bandits, computer vision, or related fields