Senior Recruiter, Leadership

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. Read our blog to learn more. 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...

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