Data Scientist, Intern
About The Position
Duolingo is seeking a Data Scientist intern to support its mission to make the best education in the world universally available. The role uses data and advanced analytical and AI methods to understand user behavior, assess potential product changes, and inform product roadmaps and business outcomes. The intern will work with product and engineering teams, evaluate experiments, create dashboards and forecasts, and help ensure reliable tracking and data collection while supporting a fact-based company culture. The internship requires the ability to relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY.
Requirements
- Be pursuing an undergraduate or master's degree in a quantitative field, such as statistics, economics, computer science, mathematics, linguistics, computational social science, or ML/AI, with expected graduation in Fall 2027 or Spring/Summer 2028.
- Have a strong understanding of consumer digital products and an interest in applying advanced analytics to business outcomes.
- Have previous experience analyzing large datasets and communicating results.
- Be skilled in SQL, Python or R, and/or statistical methods for analyzing behavioral data.
- Have excellent presentation and communication skills.
- Be enthusiastic about learning and sharing analytical methods to help grow a collaborative Data Science team and data-forward company culture.
- Be able to relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with big data and cloud computing technologies such as BigQuery, Snowflake, and/or dbt.
- Experience articulating business questions and using available data to find answers that translate into product recommendations.
- Be a self-starter who wants to learn new techniques and guide others.
- Familiarity with AI tools such as Cursor, prompt engineering, and a desire to continue innovating and learning in AI.
- A GPA of 3.5 or higher.
- A Duolingo streak.
Responsibilities
- 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, collaborating 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 tracking and data collection.
- Help preserve a culture of fact-based decision making as the company scales.
Benefits
- Language learning opportunities.
- Catered in-house lunches, with breakfast and dinner options.
- Company-wide Hackathon.
- Frequent company-wide dinners, monthly celebrations, and social clubs.
- Intern benefits are available; details are provided by the recruiter.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
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