Senior Product Recruiter

About the role

We're looking for a Lead Recruiter to own product hiring at Duolingo — partnering directly with our Chief Product Officer to build and shape the Product org from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for Product roles at all levels — ICs to senior leaders — building deep pipelines and consistently closing top talent.
• Be a true partner to the CPO, shaping hiring strategy, prioritizing roles, and helping define what great Product talent looks like at Duolingo.
• Lead and influence without direct authority, working across recruiting, sourcing, and business stakeholders to align processes, calibrate expectations, and drive outcomes.
• Drive sourcing strategy (roughly 25–30% of your time), going beyond inbound to build proactive outreach for senior and hard-to-fill roles.
• Use data to tell the story — diagnosing pipeline health, surfacing insights to leadership, and making decisions that balance speed with quality.
• Champion the candidate experience from first touch to offer close, making sure every interaction reflects Duolingo's brand and values.
• Build the infrastructure — whether that's interview frameworks, leveling guidance, or hiring playbooks — that scales beyond you.

Requirements

• Ability to work onsite in New York, NY, Monday–Thursday, with Friday optional
• 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with meaningful depth in Product hiring
• Experience partnering closely with senior leaders (VP/C-suite) to shape org strategy, not just fill seats
• A track record of hiring across levels — from PMs to Directors to VPs — with strong judgment on what "great" looks like at each
• Comfort operating in ambiguity, with the ownership mindset to create structure where it doesn't exist
• Strong data fluency — you know how to use pipeline metrics to drive conversations and influence decisions

Qualifications

• Experience leading or mentoring a recruiting team, even informally
• Deep market knowledge of the Product talent landscape, including how to position Duolingo competitively
• A history of building repeatable hiring systems that improve quality and efficiency at scale

Skills

• Exceptional candidates will have...

Benefits

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Pay

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!

Schedule

Salary Range $163,200—$244,800 USD