Software Engineer, Intern

<p>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!</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.&nbsp;</p> <p>Read <a href="https://blog.duolingo.com/?utm_source=greenhouse.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=generalblog_gh_091224">our blog</a> to learn more.</p> <hr> <p><strong>🧠&nbsp; What you'll do...</strong></p> <ul> <li>Contribute to full-stack software projects by developing, testing, and maintaining features and services.</li> <li>Develop, release, and maintain services and/or infrastructure</li> <li>Lead individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables</li> <li>Contribute to code reviews and collaborate across teams to ensure quality and scalability</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>✅&nbsp; What we're looking for...</strong></p> <ul> <li>Graduating December 2027 - August 2028</li> <li>Pursuing a B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (e.g. math, physics or data science)</li> <li>Dedication to our mission of universally available education</li> <li>Programming experience in one or more of the following languages: Java, Python, Kotlin, or Swift.</li> <li>12 weeks of consecutive availability</li> <ul> <li>May 24, 2027 - August 13, 2027</li> <li>June 14, 2027 - September 3, 2027</li> </ul> <li><strong>Deadline to apply: September 30, 2026</strong></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>⭐&nbsp; What you can expect...<br></strong></p> <ul> <li>Close support from your mentor and your team</li> <li>Working on features and projects that will have real impact for our learners and internal users</li> <li>A fun, mission-driven environment, where you’ll have lots of opportunities to grow as an engineer and make meaningful connections with your colleagues</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>👀 &nbsp;Past projects include...</strong></p> <ul> <li>Developing a GPT-4 chat interface for one of our internal tools to streamline content creation</li> <li>Integrating our A/B testing fra