QA Specialist, New Graduate

Duolingo•Pittsburgh, PA

36d•$68,000 - $78,000

About The Position

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. :brain:

Requirements

Graduated in December 2025 or will be graduating in Spring 2026
Friendly, approachable, and easy to work with
Curious and motivated by doing high-quality work, not career ladder climbing
Comfortable breaking things and paying close attention to details
A clear communicator who can collaborate with designers, PMs, and engineers
Creative and able to think outside the box
Adaptable and resilient in a fast-changing, sometimes messy environment
Comfortable speaking up, asking questions, and engaging with a quirky team culture

Nice To Haves

A GPA of 3.5+
A Duolingo streak

Responsibilities

Manually support the testing of new features across iOS, Android, and Web, including regression, exploratory, and acceptance testing
Execute sanity checks on Duolingo release and branch builds, and help validate bug fixes before and after deployment
Write clear, detailed, and reproducible bug reports , and collaborate with engineers and teammates to help diagnose issues
Learn Duolingo products deeply and ask thoughtful questions about expected behavior, edge cases, and learner experience
Identify potential quality issues and raise risks with guidance from more senior QA teammates
Help prioritize testing tasks within your assigned projects, focusing on areas with high learner impact
Advocate for Duolingo learners by evaluating features for correctness, clarity, and usability
Follow and contribute to existing QA processes, documentation, and procedures , while learning how quality scales across teams
Collaborate within cross-functional teams , communicating progress, questions, and blockers clearly in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

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

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