Senior Software Engineer, Backend at Duolingo

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.Below you can find more information about the teams were hiring for:Core Service InfrastructureThe Core Service Infrastructure team builds and maintains the foundational systems that power Duolingos learning app at scale. The team defines and implements best practices to ensure that these critical services remain reliable high-performing and easy to operate as the company grows. As a software engineer on the team youll play a key role in building the next generation of these services while championing the adoption of next-generation technologies that will power Duolingos continued growth.Service Delivery TeamAs a Backend Engineer on the Service Delivery team you will have a direct impact on the work of our entire engineering organization and will help ensure our platform is always available for our learners. The Service Delivery team builds and maintains the automated pipelines that power our software development lifecycle. Were responsible for ensuring the rapid reliable and secure delivery of our products from code commit to production deployment. You will play a key role in optimizing and scaling these pipelines enabling our engineers to ship features quickly and confidently while maintaining the highest quality standards.:brain: You will...Collaborate on software projects with product design and backend aspectsDevelop release and maintain backend services and/or infrastructureLead individual project priorities milestones and ensure were always shipping:check: You have...A Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related technical fieldStrong competencies in data structures algorithms and software designExperience programming in Java Python or KotlinSolid understanding of one or more database technologies:star: Exceptional candidates will have...Industry experience building high-traffic APIs using public cloud providersWe 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.Salary Range: $177700$240400 USDTake 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.Required Experience:Senior IC Key Skills Spring,.NET,C/C++,Go,React,OOP,C#,AWS,Data Structures,Software Development,Java,Distributed Systems Employment Type : Full Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1