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Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. Its a big mission and thats where you come in!
At Duolingo youll join a team that cares about educating our users experimenting with big ideas making fact-based decisions and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. Youll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds while doing work thats both meaningful and fun.
Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.
About the role...
Were hiring a Vice President of AI to lead our company-wide AI strategy and execution. This is a rare role that combines deep technical vision with operational excellence high organizational visibility and cross-functional leadership. Youll set the roadmap for how Duolingo applies artificial intelligence across our entire suite of learning experiences bridging applied research engineering and product with purpose and scale.
This leader will drive innovation and impact: applying cutting-edge research into magical user experiences scaling personalized learning and championing responsible AI. Youll oversee our growing team of applied AI researchers engineers and others while partnering closely with senior leaders to shape the future of learning. You will work in service of a mission that reaches millions of learners every day. If youre excited to lead AI at the company where education meets delight wed love to meet you.
You will...
- Set AI Strategy and Vision - Develop and evolve Duolingos company-wide AI strategy spanning applied research infrastructure personalization and applications of generative AI.
- Drive Real-World Impact - Lead the development and deployment of AI solutions that directly power features used by millions.
- Connect Applied Research and Product - Through close collaboration create a strategy that translates applied AI research into production-ready measurable product innovations.
- Build and Lead High-Performing Teams - Recruit manage and grow a diverse world-class AI org with strong capabilities in applied AI research LLM integration MLOps and experimentation.
- Shape Company Direction - Act as a trusted thought partner to the CEO CTO CEngO and senior executives providing clear guidance on AI risks opportunities tradeoffs and timelines.
- Champion Responsible and Ethical AI - Ensure fairness privacy and explainability in all AI-driven features.
You have...
- 10 years of experience in AI/ML leadership including at the VP level in a fast-scaling technology company.
- Demonstrated success building AI products that support high-volume global users in a consumer or edtech context.
- Technical depth in one or more of: LLMs natural language processing (NLP) personalization.
- Experience managing cross-functional teams (applied research engineering product-facing) and fostering an inclusive mission-driven culture.
- Strong communication and influence skills. You are comfortable guiding both technical deep dives and executive decision-making.
- Passion for education and a track record of building for impact.
- PhD or equivalent experience in Computer Science AI ML NLP or related discipline.
Take a peek at how we care for our employees holistic well-being with our benefitshere.
We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation please contact.
Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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