Engineering Manager, Chess

Duolingo is on a mission to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. As an Engineering Manager, you will lead the Chess Teaching team, owning mission-critical projects and contributing to product strategy while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance user engagement.

Responsibilities:

• Form a dynamic duo with your product manager counterpart to co-lead a cross-functional team. You’ll collaborate closely with data scientists and machine learning researchers to define goals, shape experiments, and guide technical decisions
• Provide both technical and product perspectives on new product ideas to ensure we find the fastest way to test a hypothesis
• Own the planning, execution, and success of projects that directly improve our top-line business metrics like daily active users, and identify which metrics to optimize for at the team level
• Set clear expectations around engineering quality and promote practices that enhance code quality, scalability, and maintainability
• Identify and drive technical initiatives that improve the reliability, timeliness, and efficacy of notification delivery
• Develop your team, deeply understanding each engineer’s strengths and career goals, and proactively providing mentorship and stretch opportunities to help them grow their impact
• Set clear expectations and hold a high bar for performance, regularly providing candid feedback, addressing challenges decisively, and maintaining a supportive environment where engineers feel valued, engaged, and empowered
• Provide clarity and alignment, transparently communicating the “why” behind decisions, thoughtfully guiding your team through changes, and ensuring everyone understands their role in achieving team and company goals

Requirements:

• 2+ years of experience leading, managing, and building a team of software engineers
• 5+ years in software development focused on content or animation creation
• Have a record of owning the execution of successful technical projects that span multiple engineers over multiple weeks
• Strong written and verbal communication skills