Senior Software Engineer, iOS, Growth
Job Description
<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> <hr> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>About the role...</strong></p> <p>We’re looking for a senior iOS Software Engineer to join our Onboarding team. In this role, you’ll build and ship features that drive user growth and deliver high-quality learning experiences to millions of learners worldwide. You’ll work closely with product managers and designers to create engaging experiences for new users.</p> <p>This is an opportunity to contribute to a fast-moving, high-impact team focused on improving the new user experience. You’ll gain experience working across the stack (iOS and backend), running experiments, and collaborating cross-functionally to improve key metrics like daily active users (DAU) and new users day 7 retention (NUD7).</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>🧠 You will...</strong></p> <ul> <li>Collaborate with product managers and designers to drive user growth</li> <li>Develop, release, and maintain native iOS applications, primarily in Swift</li> <li>Contribute to code reviews and collaborate across teams to ensure quality and scalability</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>✅ You have...</strong></p> <ul> <li>A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field</li> <li>A solid foundation in computer science with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design</li> <li>5–10 years of experience programming in Swift</li> <li>Dedication to our mission of universally available education</li> <li>Relocation to Beijing, China. This position is based in Beijing.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>⭐ Exceptional candidates will have...</strong></p> <ul> <li>A Duolingo streak</li> <li>Proficient in both spoken and written English.</li> </ul> <hr><div class="content-pay-trans