Data Scientist, Intern

<p>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!</p>

<p>At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun.</p>

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

<p>Read <a href="https://blog.duolingo.com/?utm_source=greenhouse.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=generalblog_gh_091224">our blog</a> to learn more.</p>

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<h2><strong>About the role</strong></h2>

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<h4><strong><img style="max-width: 100%;" src="https://careers.duolingo.com/274c0c8ca00d7c576894.svg" alt="icon-brain-16px" width="17" data-is360="0">  You will...</strong></h4>

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<li>Derive insights from data to influence product roadmaps and drive business results</li>

<li>Apply advanced analytical and AI methods to model user behavior and estimate the impact of potential new feature implementations, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to develop solutions</li>

<li>Evaluate product experiments to create and improve user experiences</li>

<li>Develop dashboards, reports, and/or forecasts</li>

<li>Ensure the quality of our tracking and data collection</li>

<li>Help preserve our culture of fact-based decision making as we scale</li>

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<h4><strong><img id="geom_inter_1726854542099_26_1" style="max-width: 100%;" src="https://careers.duolingo.com/464e534703b1d6feb15d.svg" alt="icon-check-16px" width="17" data-is360="0">  You have...</strong></h4>

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<li>Pursuing an undergraduate or Masters degree in a quantitative field (e.g., statistics, economics, computer science, math, linguistics, computational social science, ML/AI) with expected graduation in Spring/Summer 2027</li>

<li>Strong understanding of consumer digital products and an interest in applying advanced analytics to business outcomes</li>

<li>Previous experience analyzing large datasets and communicating results</li>

<li>Skilled in SQL, Python or R, and/or statistical methods to analyze behavioral data</li>

<li>Excellent presentation and communication skills</li>

<li>Enthusiasm for learning and sharing analytical methods to help grow a collaborative Data Science team and data-forward company culture</li>

<li>Able to relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY</li>

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<h4><strong><img style="max-width: 100%;" src="https://careers.duolingo.com/d26c1c52534fdf7f9587.svg" alt="icon-star-16px" width="17" data-is360="0">  Exceptional candidates will have...</strong></h4>

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<li>Experience with "big data" and cloud computing technologies like BigQuery, Snowflake, and/or dbt</li>

<li>Experience articulating business questions and using available data to find answers that translate into product recommendations</li>

<li>Self-starter, with a desire both to learn new techniques and guide others</li>

<li>Familiarity with AI tools such as Cursor, a knack for prompt engineering, and a desire to continue to innovate and learn in AI.</li>

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<p><strong><img class="" style="max-width: 100%;" src="https://i.ibb.co/xGk5rTN/icon-heart-16px.png" alt="icon-heart-16px" width="17" data-is360="0"> Why you’ll love working here…</strong></p>

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<li>Language learning opportunities</li>

<li>Catered in-house lunches, and breakfast and dinner options</li>

<li>Company-wide Hackathon</li>

<li>Frequent company-wide dinners, monthly celebrations, social clubs, and so much more!</li>

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<hr><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><em>Connect with your recruiter on the benefits for interns at Duolingo!</em></p></div><div class="title">Hourly Range for this internship is:</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$54</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$56 USD</span></div></div></div>