Data Scientist Intern

Join Duolingo as a Data Scientist Intern

At Duolingo, our mission is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. As a Data Scientist Intern, you will be part of a team that is passionate about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems. You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects with large scopes, while doing work that is both fun and meaningful.

About The Role

As a Data Scientist Intern, you will work closely with product and engineering teams to become a subject-matter expert in user dynamics at Duolingo. Your focus will be on detecting, explaining, and actioning against behavioral shifts within our complex, fast-changing business using massive datasets. Your superpower is the ability to translate business questions into code, and data analysis or statistical models back into decisions.

Responsibilities

• Derive insights from data to influence product roadmaps and drive business results.
• Apply advanced analytical methods to model user behavior, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to develop solutions.
• Evaluate product experiments to create and improve user experiences.
• Develop dashboards, reports, and/or forecasts.
• Ensure the quality of our tracking and data collection.
• Help preserve our culture of fact-based decision making as we scale.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of consumer digital products and an interest in applying advanced analytics to business outcomes.
• Pursuing an undergraduate degree in a quantitative field (e.g., statistics, economics, computer science, math, linguistics, computational social science) with expected graduation in the Spring of 2026 (or Fall 2025).
• Previous experience analyzing large datasets and communicating results.
• Skilled in SQL, R, Python, and/or statistical methods to analyze behavioral data.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Able to relocate to Pittsburgh, PA.

Exceptional Candidates Will Have

• Experience with "big data" and cloud computing technologies like Redshift, Hadoop, Hive, BigQuery.
• Experience articulating business questions and using available data to find answers that translate into product recommendations.
• Self-starter, with a desire both to learn new techniques and guide others.
• Programming experience in Java or Scala is a plus.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Language learning opportunities.
• Catered in-house lunches and breakfast.
• Company-wide Hackathon.
• PTO and company holidays.
• Frequent company-wide dinners, monthly celebrations, social clubs, and so much more!

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.

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