Product Writer at Duolingo

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in!

Duolingo’s designers care about creating high-quality experiences that look and feel fun. From animators to writers, product designers to researchers, Design brings purpose, feeling, and delight to every interaction with our brand, inside the app and out. As a designer, you’ll join a culture of creativity and craft, where we have a high bar for excellence and an endless curiosity about how to bring more unexpected quirk and fun to the pursuit of learning.

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

About the role...

This role is a critical part of our growth efforts. You’ll write the words that motivate our learners to keep up their daily habit, and you’ll explore messaging and tones of voice that strike a chord with our audience. As a writer, you’ll join a culture of creativity and craft, where we have a high bar for excellence and an endless curiosity about how to bring more unexpected quirk and fun to the pursuit of learning.

🧠 You will...

Write copy that encourages learning and keeping up a daily habit

Flex the Duolingo voice in copy across the Duolingo app and related surfaces

Write our (in)famous push notifications

Come up with new messaging angles to test

Write in the voice of our characters, from Lily to Falstaff

Partner with product designers and product managers on new product interactions based on data and insights

Focus on a few projects at a time and drive them to completion

Support experiments and share insights so product wins can have a greater impact

Work with our localization team to ensure A+ translation

Report to the Director of Product Writing. We sit within the Design department, the instrumental creative partner in most projects at Duolingo

✅ You have...

A portfolio with compelling UX writing examples for a consumer app

3+ years of experience in both UX writing and consumer copywriting, including push notifications and emails

A gift for expressing complicated things in plain language

A creative turn of phrase that helps you write about the same thing several ways

An ability to turn around revisions quickly

A desire to write all day, every day

The ability to work from or relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York City

⭐ Exceptional candidates will have...

Experience collaborating with translators

Experience taking direction from senior writers

Experience adapting to new tools and technology

A Duolingo streak!

Please include a link to your portfolio showcasing relevant work samples. A portfolio submission is mandatory for consideration of your candidacy.

We post a multi-level salary range for all of our roles.

This is not inclusive of the rest of our awesome portfolio that includes equity compensation and world-class benefits. Our salary ranges are the same for all US locations. Your recruiter can share more details about the range for a specific level during the hiring process. The actual salary within the range is determined by many factors including but not limited to, skills, experience, education, and internal equity.

Salary Range:

$135,200—$182,900 USD

Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here.

We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact [email protected].

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.

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