Data Scientist, Intern (PhD)

<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> <h2><strong>About the role</strong></h2> <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> <ul> <li>Derive insights from data to influence product roadmaps and drive business results</li> <li>Apply advanced analytical methods, structural approaches, causal inference, and/or machine learning and AI 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>Communicate and present findings and recommendations to senior management </li> <li>Help preserve our culture of fact-based decision making as we scale</li> </ul> <p> </p> <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> <ul> <li>Pursuing a PhD degree (in at least the third year of PhD program) in a quantitative field (e.g. Economics, Finance, Statistics, Math, Linguistics, Computer Science, Computational Social Science, ML/AI), ideally planning to graduate in Fall 2027 or Spring/Summer 2028</li> <li>Strong understanding of consumer digital products and an interest in applying advanced analytics and economics to business outcomes</li> <li>Previous experience analyzing large datasets, communicating results to technical and non-technical senior-level audiences, and making actionable recommendations that improve the product or business</li> <li>Skilled in SQL, R or Python, and/or statistical methods to analyze behavioral data</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 or NYC for the internship</li> </ul> <p> </p> <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> <ul> <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 to both learn new techniques and guide others</li> <li>Previous experience/internships in applied business settings</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> <li>A GPA of 3.5+</li> <li>A Duolingo streak</li> </ul> <p> </p> <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> <ul> <li>Language learning opportunities</li> <li>Catered in-house lunches and breakfast</li> <li>Company-wide Hackathon</li> <li>PTO and company holidays</li> <li>Frequent company-wide dinners, monthly celebrations, social clubs, and so much more!</li> </ul> <p> </p> <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>$63</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$65 USD</span></div></div></div>