Data Scientist, Intern (PhD or Masters)

6 Months ago • All levels • Data Analyst

Job Summary

Job Description

Duolingo seeks a Data Scientist Intern to analyze user behavior, develop product recommendations, and contribute to data-driven decisions. Must have experience with large datasets, SQL/Python, and strong analytical skills. Pursuing a Masters or PhD in a quantitative field is required.
Must have:
  • Large Datasets
  • SQL/Python
  • Analytical Skills
  • Masters/PhD
Good to have:
  • Big Data
  • Cloud Computing
  • Product Recommendations
  • Business Questions
Perks:
  • Language Learning
  • Catered Lunches

Job Details

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in!

At Duolingo, you’ll 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. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s both fun and meaningful. 

Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.


  You will...

  • Derive insights from data to influence product roadmaps and drive business results
  • Apply advanced analytical methods, structural approaches, causal inference, and/or machine learning to model user behavior and estimate the impact of potential new feature implementations, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to develop solutions
  • Evaluate product experiments to create and improve user experiences
  • Communicate and present findings and recommendations to senior management 
  • Help preserve our culture of fact-based decision making as we scale

 

  You have...

  • Strong understanding of consumer digital products and an interest in applying advanced analytics and economics to business outcomes
  • Pursuing a Masters or PhD degree (in at least the third year of PhD program) in a quantitative field (e.g. Economics, Finance, Statistics, Math, Linguistics, Computer Science, Computational Social Science), ideally planning to graduate in Spring/Summer 2026.  
  • Previous experience analyzing large datasets and communicating results to technical and non-technical senior-level audiences
  • Skilled in SQL, R or Python, and/or statistical methods to analyze behavioral data
  • Enthusiasm for learning and sharing analytical methods to help grow a collaborative Data Science team and data-forward company culture
  • Able to relocate to Pittsburgh or NYC for the internship

 

  Exceptional candidates will have...

  • Experience with "big data" and cloud computing technologies like BigQuery, Snowflake, and/or dbt
  • Experience articulating business questions and using available data to find answers that translate into product recommendations
  • Self-starter, with a desire both to learn new techniques and guide others
  • Previous experience/internships in applied business settings

 

  Why you'll love working here…

  • Language learning opportunities
  • Catered in-house lunches, and breakfast and dinner options
  • Company-wide Hackathon
  • Frequent company-wide dinners, monthly celebrations, social clubs, and so much more!

Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here.

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 your recruiter.

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 the Duolingo Applicant Privacy Notice.

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About The Company

Duolingo is the world’s most popular way to learn a language. Our mission is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available.


Founded in 2011 by Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker, Duolingo is the most downloaded education app in the history of the App Store and in 2019 became the top-grossing education app worldwide. The app has been awarded Apple's iPhone App of the Year and Android's Best of the Best.


Learning a new language used to be expensive; we believe it should be free. Over 1.2 billion people are learning a second language and most of them are learning English to improve their lives.


Learning a new language is hard; we believe it can be fun. We use bite-sized lessons that feel like playing a game to keep our learners motivated. 


With over 500 million learners we have unprecedented data insights on how people learn. Our teams of language learning scientists, machine learning engineers, and AI experts use this data to constantly improve our effectiveness. We’re building a future in which the highest-quality education is accessible to all. 


Duolingo has raised US $138 million from investors including Union Square Ventures, Capital G (formerly Google Capital), NewView Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Drive Capital, Ashton Kutcher and Tim Ferriss.


Duolingo has been named to: BuiltIn's Best Places to Work (2023), Fast Company Best Workplaces for Innovators (2022), Fast Company 10 Most Innovative Education Company (2022), Best Machine Learning Startups for by Glassdoor (2020), Forbes' "Next Billion Dollar Startups" (2019), CNBC's Disruptor 50 (2018, 2019), Fortune's "Change the World" list (2019), TIME Magazine's Genius Companies (2018), Fast Company's "Most Innovative Companies" (2017, 2018, 2020), Inc.'s "Best Places to Work" (2018), Entrepreneur's "Top Company Cultures" (2018).

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