Duolingo Senior Recruiter, Leadership at Duolingo leads end-to-end senior leadership hiring across all functions. Partners with executives to shape roles and build pipelines for Director and above positions.
Responsibilities
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.
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
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
Qualification
Required
8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience at technology companies
2+ years focused on leadership hiring (Director and above)
Track record of leading technical and non-technical leadership searches end-to-end
Strong business sense and credibility to partner with C-level executives
Hands-on experience using AI tools in recruiting
Ability to work from New York City office on hybrid schedule
Preferred
Experience recruiting for high-growth consumer technology companies
Deep knowledge of sourcing and recruiting for challenging roles
