Data Scientist, User Growth
Share
Job Location:
Pittsburgh, PA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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 finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems running countless experiments (300 at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions and educating our users and employees alike. Youll have limitless learning opportunities mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds and a variety of projects with large scopes while doing work thats both fun and meaningful.
Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.
About the role
Were looking for a Data Scientist to join our Data Science & Analytics team with a focus on data modeling and insights to power our User Growth. You will be responsible for analyzing how current and future product changes impact our business performance metrics then concisely communicating those insights to partner teams. You will also work closely with engineering teams and product managers to harness that understanding and improve the app through experimentation. By working cross-functionally to empower our partners with empirical insights you will drive real change and measurable impact for Duolingo every day.
You will...
- Derive insights from data to influence product roadmaps and drive business results
- Embed in teams with product managers and engineers to design run and analyze experiments to improve user experiences
- Apply advanced analytical methods to model user behavior and estimate the impact of potential new features. Partner with product and engineering teams to develop and implement solutions
- Build dashboards reports and/or forecasts (e.g. Sigma Tableau Plotly) to analyze trends make recommendations and help preserve our culture of fact-based decision making as we scale
- Collaborate with other data scientists to level up our companys scientific capabilities and data footprint
- Ensure the quality of our tracking and data collection is high (and improving)
You have...
- Bachelors degree in a relevant field (e.g. Data Science Economics Business Analytics Information Systems)
- Relevant experience in data science advanced data analytics business intelligence or a related field
- Advanced SQL skills to build datasets that enable ad-hoc analyses and efficient visualization
- Expertise in data visualization tools such as Sigma Tableau Hex or Looker for full-stack data analysis insight synthesis and presentation
- Professional or academic experience with experimentation A/B testing and/or causal inference
- Experience in programming (e.g. Python R) to extract transform clean and analyze large amounts of data
- Experience training machine learning models and deploying them in production
- Outstanding problem-solving abilities and the capacity to distill complex data into concise explanations and actionable insights
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills that facilitate collaboration with both technical and non-technical partners
- Ability to relocate to and work in our Pittsburgh office
Exceptional candidates will have...
- Masters degree in data science economics statistics or an equivalent quantitative field
- Familiarity with AI tools such as Cursor a knack for prompt engineering and a desire to continue to innovate and learn in AI
- Experience at a high-growth company that has undertaken an IPO
- An impressive Duolingo XP or streak!
We post a multi-level salary range for all of our roles.
This is not inclusive of the rest of our awesome portfolio that includes equity compensation and world-class benefits. Our salary ranges are the same for all US locations. Your recruiter can share more details about the range for a specific level during the hiring process. The actual salary within the range is determined by many factors including but not limited to skills experience education and internal equity.
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.
By applying for this position your data will be processed as per theDuolingo Applicant Privacy Notice.
Sign up for job alertshere.
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Immunoassays
- Machine Learning
- Biochemistry
- Assays
- Research Experience
- Spectroscopy
- Research & Development
- cGMP
- Cell Culture
- Molecular Biology
- Data Analysis Skills
About Company
Duolingo is the world's most popular way to learn a language. It's 100% free, fun and science-based. Practice online on duolingo.com or on the apps!
