Senior Engineering Manager, Product

The role

You will co-lead a cross-functional team to drive the execution of projects from spec to implementation. You will manage engineering talent and use data-driven experimentation to improve product KPIs.

What you will do

• Co-lead a cross-functional team with partners in product management
• Drive execution of projects from spec to implementation and experimentation
• Ensure infrastructure reliability, scalability, and observability
• Use data and rapid experimentation to inform decisions
• Partner with internal stakeholders to design A/B tests
• Attract, grow, and retain diverse engineering talent
• Provide clear expectations, coaching, and career development
• Set engineering quality standards and processes
• Proactively manage tech debt, product quality, and operational excellence
• Define team OKRs and remove roadblocks

Required qualifications

• Experience leading, managing, and building a team of software engineers
• Track record of shipping multi-engineer, multi-week+ projects with measurable business impact
• Strong product instincts and comfort in highly experimental, data-driven environments
• Experience defining metrics and running A/B tests
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Technical depth to guide architecture and implementation trade-offs
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Ability to work from or relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY

Nice to have

• Experience leading cross-functional teams focused on driving core product outcomes in consumer products
• Experience setting team OKRs and operating cadences that consistently deliver outsized impact on company-level metrics
• Background dealing with ambiguity and managing teams or projects with broad cross-functional scope

About the company

Duolingo's mission is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available.