# Data Scientist, Intern at Duolingo

> Derive insights from data to shape product roadmaps, evaluate experiments, and build dashboards and forecasts.

- Company: Duolingo (duolingo.com)
- Location: New York, NY; Pittsburgh, PA
- Places: New York, Pittsburgh, United States
- Posted: 2026-10-15
- Level: Intern
- Team: Data Science
- Type: Internship
- Pay: $54—$56 USD per hour
- Apply: https://careers.duolingo.com/jobs/8888721002?gh_jid=8888721002
- Page: https://ye.saranatour.dev/jobs/data-scientist-intern-duolingo-kn724qpsvefk46x2vqtavzegfs8hdq9p

## The posting

Data Scientist, Intern
Duolingo · New York, NY; Pittsburgh, PA

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!

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.

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

Read [our blog](https://blog.duolingo.com/?utm_source=greenhouse.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=generalblog_gh_091224) to learn more.

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## **About the role**

#### **You will...**

- Derive insights from data to influence product roadmaps and drive business results
- Apply advanced analytical and AI methods to model user behavior and estimate the impact of potential new feature implementations, 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

#### **You have...**

- Pursuing an Undergraduate or Masters degree in a quantitative field (e.g., statistics, economics, computer science, math, linguistics, computational social science, ML/AI) with expected graduation in Fall 2027 or Spring/Summer 2028
- Strong understanding of consumer digital products and an interest in applying advanced analytics to business outcomes
- Previous experience analyzing large datasets and communicating results
- Skilled in SQL, Python or R, and/or statistical methods to analyze behavioral data
- Excellent presentation and communication skills
- Enthusiasm for learning and sharing analytical methods to help grow a collaborative Data Science team and data-forward company culture
- Able to relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY

#### **Exceptional candidates will have...**

- Experience with "big data" and cloud computing technologies like BigQuery, Snowflake, and/or dbt
- 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
- Familiarity with AI tools such as Cursor, a knack for prompt engineering, and a desire to continue to innovate and learn in AI.
- A GPA of 3.5+
- A Duolingo streak

**Why you’ll love working here…**

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

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_Connect with your recruiter on the benefits for interns at Duolingo!_

Hourly Range for this internship is:

$54—$56 USD

**Benefits:** Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits [here](https://careers.duolingo.com/#benefits).

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**Accommodations:**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 assis