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Senior Backend Software Engineer

Duolingo · New York, United States

External listingfull-time6 days ago

About The Role

Join Duolingo, the world's leading language-learning platform, as a Senior Backend Software Engineer. In this role, you will lead a small, high-impact team focused on enhancing the Duolingo Score, a key metric for language proficiency. You will collaborate closely with product design, backend, and mobile engineering teams, and work on systems that power score calculation, proficiency modeling, and score integration with external platforms. You will also have access to a range of benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, mental health support, fertility benefits, paid parental leave, a 401(k) with a generous match, and more.

  • Collaborer sur des projets logiciels en tenant compte des aspects de conception de produit et de backend.
  • Développer, publier et maintenir des services backend et/ou des infrastructures.
  • Diriger les priorités des projets individuels, les jalons et s'assurer que nous expédions toujours.
  • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
  • Solid understanding of one or more database technologies
  • Strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design
  • Experience programming in Java, Python, or Kotlin
  • Experience with industry observability technology, such as OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, or DataDog
  • Industry experience building high-traffic APIs using public cloud providers

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