Senior/Software Engineer II, Backend

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Duolingo's Monetization pillar builds the systems that fund our mission — from subscription packaging and advertising to ML-powered personalization. As a Backend Engineer on the Ads team, you'll work on a product engineering team responsible for growing and scaling Duolingo's ads business: high-quality ads that delight learners, fit seamlessly into the product experience, and meaningfully contribute to our bottom line. The team owns ad serving, mediation and demand, in-product ad formats and surfaces, and more. You'll work cross-functionally with product, design, data science, machine learning, and ad operations.

🧠 You will...

Collaborate on software projects with product design and backend aspects

Develop, release, and maintain backend services and/or infrastructure

Lead individual project priorities, milestones, and ensure we're always shipping

✅ You have...

A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field

Strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design

Experience programming in Java, Python, or Kotlin

Solid understanding of one or more database technologies

⭐ Exceptional candidates will have...

Industry experience building high-traffic APIs using public cloud providers

Experience with industry observability technology, such as OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, or DataDog.

The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role!

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