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Data Scientist, Intern (PhD)

CompanyDuolingo
LocationPittsburgh
Work ModeOn Site
PostedOctober 15, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The intern will derive insights from data to influence product roadmaps and apply advanced analytical methods to model user behavior. They will also evaluate product experiments and communicate findings to senior management to support fact-based decision making.
Internship Type
full time
Salary Range
$63 - $65
Company Size
3274
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
Duolingo is the most downloaded education app in the history of the App Store. Our mission is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. Learning a new language is hard, but staying motivated is often the hardest part. That’s why we use fun, bite-sized, game-like lessons designed to keep you engaged and to drive real learning outcomes. Our approach is grounded in efficacy: we continuously test and improve our methods to ensure learners make meaningful progress. We also believe in democratizing education by offering an effective, high-quality free product. Developing a great free product is essential to our mission, ensuring that anyone with a smartphone can access learning that works. When it comes to utilizing AI tools, we have a golden rule: we use it when it clearly improves outcomes for learners. We don’t use it as a shortcut or a replacement for people, but as a tool to enhance learning experiences and efficacy. Duolingo has been named to: Fast Company’s Most Innovative Education Company (2026, 2022), Apple Design Award (2023), TIME100 Most Influential Companies (2023), Fast Company Best Workplaces for Innovators (2022), among others.
About the Role

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 to learn more.


About the role

icon-brain-16px  You will...

  • Derive insights from data to influence product roadmaps and drive business results
  • 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
  • Evaluate product experiments to create and improve user experiences
  • Communicate and present findings and recommendations to senior management 
  • Help preserve our culture of fact-based decision making as we scale

 

icon-check-16px  You have...

  • 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
  • Strong understanding of consumer digital products and an interest in applying advanced analytics and economics to business outcomes
  • 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
  • Skilled in SQL, R or Python, and/or statistical methods to analyze behavioral data
  • 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 or NYC for the internship

 

icon-star-16px  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 to both learn new techniques and guide others
  • Previous experience/internships in applied business settings
  • 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

 

icon-heart-16px 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!

 


Connect with your recruiter on the benefits for interns at Duolingo!

Hourly Range for this internship is:
$63—$65 USD

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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 assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity: 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.

Fraud Warning: Unfortunately, there is a rise in scammers pretending to be real Duolingo employees. Duolingo and our employees will never ask for your Social Security number, bank details, or passport info, and we’ll never ask you to deposit a check, purchase equipment, or exchange money during the interview process. Real Duolingo employees always use an email that ends in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com. Stay alert and double-check these details before sharing any information.

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Key Skills
SQLRPythonMachine learningAICausal inferenceStatistical methodsData analysisBigQuerySnowflakedbtCloud computingProduct roadmapsBehavioral data analysisPrompt engineeringCursor
Categories
Data & AnalyticsTechnologyScience & ResearchEngineeringEducation
Benefits
Language learning opportunitiesCatered in-house lunches and breakfastCompany-wide HackathonPaid time offCompany holidaysFrequent company-wide dinnersMonthly celebrationsSocial clubs