Operations Engineer, Intern

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. But weve got more left to do and thats where you come in!

Duolingo is the most popular language-learning application in the world, with over 500 million users and over half a billion exercises completed daily. Beyond our core learning product, we have also entered into literacy with Duolingo ABC and English proficiency testing with the Duolingo English Test.

We are passionate about educating our users, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. We offer meaningful work, limitless learning opportunities, and collaboration with world-class minds. Come brighten your life and over half a billion more!

As an Operations Engineer, you will use and develop innovative tools to enable growth and stability across all Duolingo services and platforms. You will also act as an advisor for how to best apply these tools internally to accurately deploy, manage, monitor, and control the costs of production services.

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What youll do...


Automate the deployment and management of Duolingo software services

Monitor for performance and security anomalies

Participate in weekly on-call rotations

Streamline operational and development practices

Analyze current costs and plan for future growth


What were looking for


A Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or related technical field

Functional knowledge of Linux system usage and administration

Strong educational background in computer networking and security

Requirements:


Experience solving computer systems and networks

Some familiarity with containerization runtimes (Docker, rkt)

Scripting experience with Python and Bash

Exceptional Candidates:


Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud

Experience solving routers, switches, and wireless access points

Experience with SQL or no-SQL databases

Why youll love working here


Language learning opportunities

Catered in-house lunches, and breakfast and dinner options

Company-wide Hackathon

PTO and company holidays

Frequent company-wide dinners, monthly celebrations, social clubs, and so much more!



We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact your recruiter.

We aim to return to office, and as such are requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and have received any booster doses as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here.