Recruiter II

About the Company

Duolingo’s purpose is to create the world’s strongest education and make it accessible to everyone. The team works on bold ideas, relies on evidence and experimentation, and looks for practical, creative ways to solve difficult problems. The environment offers strong learning opportunities, daily collaboration with highly skilled colleagues, and work that is both impactful and enjoyable.

This role supports Duolingo’s mission to help its growing community of more than half a billion learners.

Role Overview

The company is seeking a generalist recruiter to support hiring across non-technical areas of the business. In this position, you will manage searches end to end, work closely with hiring managers to shape role profiles, build qualified talent pipelines, and ensure candidates receive a polished, high-touch experience. The role also emphasizes speed, quality, and data-informed decision-making while keeping the company’s hiring standards strong.

Key Responsibilities

• Handle the complete recruiting cycle, including intake, sourcing, assessments, and offer stages, for a variety of non-technical roles, with some possibility of supporting technical searches as needed.
• Work with hiring managers to clarify role expectations, interview structure, and hiring timelines, while keeping searches moving smoothly and expectations aligned.
• Contribute to intake discussions and recruiting check-ins by providing progress updates, sharing insights, and suggesting next steps.
• Coordinate recruiting operations by managing timelines, tracking progress, communicating status and risks early, and following established processes and tools.
• Provide a strong candidate journey through prompt communication, structured evaluations, and consistent feedback from first contact through close.
• Apply data to recruiting decisions by reviewing funnel performance, spotting patterns, and proposing search improvements.
• Use a combination of internal platforms and external tools, including AI-based solutions, to support recruiting workflows.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of full-cycle recruiting experience across multiple non-technical functions such as business, marketing, design, or people teams.
• Proven ability to manage several active searches at the same time while staying organized and maintaining a strong candidate experience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities, with a track record of building trust with hiring partners.
• Comfort using recruiting metrics such as pipeline data and conversion rates to guide your approach.
• Willingness to explore, build, and test AI tools such as ChatGPT for recruiting support.
• Hands-on familiarity with recruiting systems and CRM tools such as Gem, Brighthire, Guide, and Greenhouse.
• Ability to work from or relocate to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania or New York, New York.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience recruiting for both non-technical and technical roles across multiple functions.
• Strong awareness of current hiring trends, tools, and platforms.
• Background recruiting within tech companies, startups, or other fast-growing organizations.
• Strong alignment with Duolingo’s mission and values.

Compensation

The base salary for this position is between USD 119,000 and USD 161,000 per year. Final pay depends on factors such as experience, skills, and internal salary comparisons. The compensation package also includes equity. Candidates are encouraged to discuss compensation details with the recruiter.

Additional Information

Duolingo offers benefits designed to support employees’ overall well-being.

Accommodation support is available for candidates who need help ensuring an equitable interview process. Requests can be directed to the company’s accommodations contact.

Duolingo is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Applicant data will be handled in accordance with Duolingo’s Applicant Privacy Notice.

Candidates should be cautious of impersonation scams. Duolingo employees will never ask for a Social Security number, bank information, passport details, payment, equipment purchases, or money exchanges during interviews. Genuine communications come from email addresses ending in @duolingo.com or @recruiting.duolingo.com.