Duolingo

Senior Android Engineer, Client Platform - Application Stability and Performance

Duolingo$182K — $247K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience shipping large-scale Android applications
  • Proficient in identifying and resolving application performance issues
  • Strong expertise in Kotlin and modern Android development practices
  • Knowledgeable in optimizing performance for low-memory devices
  • Excellent problem-solving skills with a strong challenge-solving mindset

Responsibilities

  • Lead initiatives to improve app performance from startup to critical flows
  • Develop and enhance performance tooling for tracing and regression detection
  • Act as a liaison between engineering and product teams on performance data
  • Promote a culture of engineering excellence in performance practices
  • Mentor engineers at all experience levels on performance optimization

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness coverage
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Employee equity compensation
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Supportive company culture focused on employee well-being
Full Job Description
About the role...

As an Android engineer on our Application Stability and Performance team you'll own the stability and performance of the Duolingo Android Learning app for millions of learners.

This team builds the tooling other engineers depend on to keep the app performant like AI agent driven crash and memory analysis, coroutine system tracing, and Macrobenchmark suites that catch regressions before they ship. You'll also own the performance metrics that feed into our experiment analyses and help ensure hundreds of concurrent experiments surface any performance issues or regressions.

You will...
  • Lead architectural initiatives to fix the slowest parts of the app, from startup to critical learning flows
  • Own and evolve our performance tooling with tracing, benchmarking, and automated regression detection
  • Serve as a bridge between Client Platform and Product feature teams, helping them understand and act on the performance data we provide
  • Foster a culture of engineering excellence around performance and mentor engineers of all experience levels


You have...
  • Worked on and shipped large scale Android applications
  • Experience identifying the root cause and resolving ANRs, memory leaks, dropped frames, and complex crashes
  • Strong Kotlin skills and deep familiarity with coroutines, Jetpack Compose, and modern architecture patterns
  • Experience optimizing startup time, memory, and network usage for low-memory devices
  • Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for tackling difficult challenges


☆ Exceptional candidates will have...
  • Expertise in Android tracing tooling like the AndroidX Tracing Library and Perfetto
  • Experience with crash observability tooling like Sentry and Android Vitals


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!

Salary Range:

$182,800-$247,300 USD

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About Duolingo

Duolingo is a language-learning platform that includes a language-learning website and app, as well as a digital language proficiency assessment exam. The company was founded in 2011 by Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker. Duolingo offers courses in over 40 languages, including Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Chinese. The platform is free to use, but users can pay for additional features. Duolingo has won numerous awards for its innovative approach to language learning.
Learn more about Duolingo
Size
400 employees
Market Cap
$2.7 billion
Industry
Founded
2011
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