Software Engineer (Android)
Summary
Builds and maintains Duolingo’s Android app in Kotlin, focusing on subscription conversion flows, A/B testing, and payments while mentoring junior engineers.
- The Subscriber Conversion team owns the surfaces that turn learners into subscribers and keep them subscribed including in-app hooks and paywalls, the purchase flow, pricing and packaging, payments, and subscription partnerships
- The team is highly experimental, running a steady stream of A/B tests across iOS, Android, backend, and web, and balances quick optimizations on high-traffic surfaces with larger bets like new tiers and partner offerings
- Collaborate on software projects with product design and backend aspects
- Develop, release, and maintain native Android application features in Kotlin
- Mentor and set technical direction for junior engineers on the team
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision for employees as well as eligible partners and dependents
- Mental health benefits such as therapy sessions and coaching to support you to be your best self
- Fertility benefits to support your family planning journey
- Fully paid parental and adoption leave
- Fully paid subscription to Care.com and paid backup days for dependents and your fur family
- 401(k) with generous match and immediate vesting
- 20 days of paid time off, with two additional weeks off for winter break
- First-time home buyer bonus (in Pittsburgh)
- Competitive salaries and equity
- Yearly stipend for professional development
- Transportation reimbursement for however you get to work
- Lunch prepared daily by our in-house chefs
- Annual international retreat for all full-time employees
- Monthly events celebrating our team and their amazing work
- On-site gym and massages
- Game room for taking brain breaks
Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
- Programming experience in Kotlin on Android
- The ability to communicate technical issues effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong programming experience building reactive Android apps
- Demonstrated self-direction, with a desire both to learn new techniques and mentor others
- Experience writing unit tests and testable code
- Experience designing clean and maintainable APIs