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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!

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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.

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

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Read our blog to learn more.

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About the role...

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Duolingo’s new chess course has quickly reached millions of daily active learners – and we’re just getting started. As we continue to grow, we need our curriculum to teach learners effectively, retain learners with appropriately challenging puzzles, and teach everything from piece movement to complex lines. We are looking for a proven product leader who will own the development of Duolingo’s chess curriculum – from defining our teaching strategy to ideating and shipping new teaching formats. Come build with a high-powered, ambitious team that’s making the game of chess more delightful and accessible than ever.

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  You will...

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• Lead product development of the chess curriculum. You will define the roadmap for what we should teach and how we teach it.
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• Develop novel lesson formats and learning features that teach core chess skills (ie: openings, midgame tactics, endgames, planning).
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• Perform qualitative and quantitative research to explore and validate curriculum changes.
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• Partner with product and learning designers to ensure a fun, delightful, and effective learning experience.
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• Work with engineers to implement and guide feature development.
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• Run experiments to update, evaluate, and iterate on how we teach.
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  You have...

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• An Elo rating 1400+ (Lichess).
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• Experience generating outstanding results as a Product Manager at a software company.
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• A desire to make the world a better place through technology and education.
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• Ability to apply user insights, data, and statistical analyses to inform decisions.
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• Demonstrated ability to problem-solve, be curious, and innovative.
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• Experience leading successful projects and teams.
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• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Design, Psychology, or equivalent.
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• Proficiency with Python and SQL.
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  Exceptional candidates will have...

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• Experience teaching chess in an academic or extracurricular setting.
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• Experience competing in chess tournaments.
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• Proficiency using or implementing chess engines.
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