Senior Engineering Manager, Monetization

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 finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems , running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s both fun and meaningful. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role... Duolingo's Monetization pillar builds the systems that fund our mission: from subscription packaging and advertising to ML-powered personalization and beyond. As a Senior Engineering Manager on Ads, you'll lead a cross-functional product engineering team responsible for growing and scaling Duolingo's ads business: bringing high-quality ads that delight learners, fit seamlessly into our product experience, and meaningfully contribute to Duolingo’s bottom line. Your team will own the systems behind ad serving, mediation and demand, in-product ad formats and surfaces, and more. You'll partner closely with product, design, data science, machine learning, and ad operations to define strategy and deliver results. Just as importantly, you'll create an environment where engineers do the best work of their careers — coaching, developing talent, and fostering a high-performing team culture. 🧠 You will... Co-lead a cross-functional pod with Product and Design to define strategy, success metrics, and an execution roadmap for Duolingo's ads business, balancing revenue growth with learner experience. Build and evolve the engineering systems that power ads at scale: ad serving and decisioning, mediation and bidding integrations, in-product ad formats