ApplySarthiSenior Recruiter, Leadership
Duolingo
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Questions you are likely to be asked
- Why do you want to join Duolingo?
- How do you keep good people from leaving?
- Tell me about an HR process you improved.
- Walk me through how you fill a hard role, from the brief to the offer.
- Tell me about a difficult conversation you had with an employee.
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Practise the Senior Recruiter, Leadership at Duolingo interview free →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 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.
Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.
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About the role...
We’re looking for a Senior Recruiter to help hire the leaders who will shape Duolingo’s next chapter. You’ll lead Senior Director and above searches across all functions, serving as a trusted partner to our leaders at every step, from shaping the role and mapping the market to assessing candidates and closing offers. Your work will directly impact how we fill our most critical roles and influence how we hire leaders more broadly. As the first hire on our Leadership Recruiting team, you’ll report to our Senior Principal Recruiter, with potential to own specific functional areas over time. The role is based in our New York City office on a hybrid (4+1) schedule.
🧠 You will...
- Lead Senior Director and above searches end to end across all functions, from intake through sourcing, assessment, offer and close
- Build talent maps and pipelines of senior leaders in tech and beyond, using research, referrals, networks and direct outreach to passive talent
- Partner with executives to shape each role by clarifying the scope, defining what success looks like and pushing back when the market tells a different story
- Develop a deep understanding of the functions you support and design structured assessments that measure leadership, functional depth and fit with how Duolingo works
- Create a thoughtful, high-touch experience for candidates and hiring managers alike, so every interaction reflects Duolingo’s culture, values and brand
- Use data, AI and feedback from hiring partners to keep searches moving and make each one better than the last
✅ You have...
- 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience at technology companies, including 2+ years focused on leadership hiring (Director and above)
- A track record of leading technical and non-technical leadership searches end-to-end, from sourcing to close
- Strong business sense and the credibility to partner with, advise and influence C-level executives
- Hands-on experience using AI tools in your recruiting work, and the curiosity to keep experimenting
- The ability to work from our New York City office on a hybrid (4+1) schedule
⭐ Exceptional candidates will have...
- Experience recruiting for a high-growth consumer technology company where Engineering, Product and Design lead the way
- Deep knowledge of and experience sourcing and recruiting for challenging roles across Engineering, Product and Design
- Alignment with Duolingo’s mission (and an impressive Duolingo streak!)
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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Accommodations: 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 accommodations@duolingo.com.
Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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Listed on greenhouse · posted 2026-11-06. ApplySarthi collects openings and links to application pages; the role is advertised by Duolingo, not by us.