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WE. ARE. HIRING. 💪 We have 58 open roles, and we have some special ones below for our engineering friends! Swipe and take a look 👉 ‣ Engineering Director, Long Form Learning (NY or Pittsburgh): https://lnkd.in/eyv99Ndj ‣ Engineering Director, Duolingo Score: https://lnkd.in/eYMBvGCu ‣ Engineering Director, Retention: https://lnkd.in/e2gaiJsa ‣ Senior Engineering Manager, Retention: https://lnkd.in/edUevzyX ‣ Head of Security (NY or Pittsburgh): https://lnkd.in/eQuvT5a9 Ready to work on complex problems that have a real human impact? Join us! 💚 More open roles on our careers page here: https://lnkd.in/ev7MJhqy

Did you get your job because of your mom?? Well, we wanted to send a public THANK YOU to Melissa Jordan for encouraging her daughter Nora Gordon to apply to Duolingo in 2012. It took Nora eight years to apply but she eventually followed her mom’s advice. Five years later, Nora is still here! 🥹 Nora works on our Learning + Curriculum team, which focuses on making Duolingo effective with learning science and pedagogical expertise. Before Duolingo, she got her TEFL/TESL master's degree, taught English abroad with Peace Corps, and then taught middle school Spanish. 🙋 Who else’s mom deserves a thank you for encouraging them about work?! #duolingo

👀 What does Duo do all day? Just peep his calendar and see for yourself…👹 #onlyatduolingo

Did you know the team behind Duolingo’s courses includes a bunch of PhDs? Join us August 28th at 4pm ET for a special livestream: "How Does Duolingo Teach?" Meet the experts who design Duolingo’s courses in language, math, music, and chess, and hear how they build content that’s motivating, inclusive, and effective. Hope Wilson, Richard Forest, Elisa Camps Troncoso, and Angela DiCostanzo, in a conversation led by Rachel Williams, will cover how we measure learning success, what makes a lesson stick, and questions from attendees. Don’t miss this behind-the-scenes look at the brains behind the owl! See you there!

♟️ We’ve been getting feedback that many of you are loving our new Chess course! Fun fact: Our new Chess course has grown faster than any other subject we’ve launched (including language learning!). What’s your favorite part about our Chess course? - 🤝 Oscar is my homie - 🤓 I’ve always wanted to learn Chess - 💪🏼 Building my strategy skills - 🤔 Something else? Drop it in the comments below! ⬇️ #onlyatduolingo

Here's a spice-y take from Julie Craft: Pumpkin spice lattes are a 𝗆̶𝗂̶𝗇̶𝖽̶𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙙set…aka, something you are extremely invested in and committed to. But, Starbucks says PSLs are only for a specific season, and it starts the last week of August!! What’s the real truth about PSL season? 👇

The artists on our design team love pushing the boundaries of how we bring Duo to life, and here’s a fun example!! Senior Motion Designer Taylor Peters has been experimenting with new ways to animate Duo, starting with 2D and turning him into a 3D clay figure. Here's how it came together: ✏️ First, Duo was animated in Adobe Animate 🌳 Then he was imported and traced in Blender 🧮 And finally, ported through geometry nodes ☁️ Shoutout to Daniel Martínez Lara for the inspo! What design tools have you been experimenting with?! #design

📣 Engineers: we want to know the first time you coded! We bet you learned HTML or CSS when you were adding a skin to your MySpace. Tell us if we’re right! #engineering

As a learning company, we have a LOT of learnings we can share. But want your input on what you’re interested in. So we’re asking YOU 🫵 what you want to learn from us. If there’s something missing, drop your requested topic ⬇️ in the comments. We might write a whole post just for you! So what type of content do you want to see from us on LinkedIn?

After four years in Strategy & Business Operations here, Sisi took a bold step: she pivoted into a new chapter as a software engineer. With the support of teammates and mentors across the company, she’s now 30 days into a 5-month iOS rotation and already shipping code! 🚀 We’re so proud to work with seriously smart people like Sisi who approach every challenge with the spirit of curiosity that we build into our products 💚🤯📈. #onlyatduolingo