Senior People Technology Analyst

Join Duolingo as a Senior People Technology Analyst, where you'll be responsible for building and managing automations across our People tech stack. You'll establish governance standards, identify automation gaps, and partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions. This role requires a strong background in HR technology, excellent communication skills, and a passion for automation. Enjoy a range of benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, mental health support, and a competitive salary.

• Act as a strategic voice on People technology at Duolingo, developing a deep understanding of the current systems landscape and shaping the roadmap of tools and platforms.
• Serve as a primary builder and technical owner of Workato-based automations across the People tech stack, designing and delivering workflows that connect systems and eliminate manual processes.
• Establish and own the governance framework for People Team automation, including standards, documentation practices, access controls, and policies that ensure reliability and compliance.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience building and managing automations using Workato or a comparable iPaaS platform (e.g., MuleSoft, Boomi, Zapier) — experience with Workato specifically is strongly preferred
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills — comfortable working across technical and non-technical audiences and influencing without direct authority
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with high attention to detail and a bias toward clean, scalable, and well-governed solutions
• Minimum of a baccalaureate degree
• 5+ years of experience in HR technology, People systems, or a related technical role, bringing broad familiarity with the People technology landscape
• A proven track record of not just building automations, but owning them — including governance, documentation, and ongoing stewardship of solutions in production
• A genuine teammate with a strong desire to help others; demonstrated success building trusted relationships within diverse groups; the ability to thrive and be resilient in a fast-paced, high-growth organization
• Proven ability to translate People team requirements into technical solutions, with demonstrated success eliminating manual processes through automation
• A high sense of discretion and ability to maintain confidentiality while handling sensitive employee data
• Strong working knowledge of Workday HCM, including experience with configuration, business process frameworks, reporting, and integrations
• Workato certification(s)
• Experience establishing or maturing an automation governance practice — including defining standards, managing recipe libraries, and setting access and change control policies
• Direct experience working within a People Team or HR function, with deep fluency in core HR processes across the employee lifecycle
• Familiarity with AI-enabled HR tools, agentic workflows, or emerging automation capabilities within People systems
• A natural curiosity about People tech, how systems connect, and a habit of asking "what should we automate next?" before anyone has to ask them
• Fluency in Google apps, Greenhouse, Jira, and other People systems
• An impressive Duolingo streak!