Senior Learning Designer, Indian Languages

Duolingo
Pittsburgh
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 142,800 - 193,200 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Education: mastersSkills: ["Analytical thinking","Creativity","Product sense","Communication","Collaboration","Process improvement","Operational rigor","Quality focus"]

Design and lead curriculum for Indian language learning (starting with Hindi), combining linguistic accuracy, cultural relevance, and measurable learning outcomes. Use human-in-the-loop AI workflows and prompt engineering to generate and refine high-quality content while maintaining quality systems (guidelines, rubrics, review workflows). Collaborate with Product, Design, Engineering, and Scaling Operations to plan roadmaps, ship experiments, and scale content generation. Recruit and manage freelance language experts.

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Senior Learning Designer, Indian Languages

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Job Summary

Design and lead curriculum for Indian language learning (starting with Hindi), combining linguistic accuracy, cultural relevance, and measurable learning outcomes. Use human-in-the-loop AI workflows and prompt engineering to generate and refine high-quality content while maintaining quality systems (guidelines, rubrics, review workflows). Collaborate with Product, Design, Engineering, and Scaling Operations to plan roadmaps, ship experiments, and scale content generation. Recruit and manage freelance language experts.
Location: Pittsburgh
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead curriculum and learning design for one or more South Asian languages (starting with Hindi), balancing delight, cultural relevance, and learning impact.
  • •Use human-in-the-loop AI workflows and prompt engineering to generate and refine high-quality multilingual content while maintaining quality standards.
  • •Establish and maintain content quality systems (guidelines, rubrics, review workflows) to ensure linguistic accuracy, difficulty calibration, consistency, and brand voice.
  • •Partner with Product, Design, Engineering, and Scaling Operations to plan roadmaps, ship experiments, and build scalable content generation processes.
  • •Contribute to strategy for teaching Hindi and other South Asian languages, informed by regional linguistic and cultural context; help identify, recruit, onboard, and manage freelance language experts and reviewers.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 142,800 - 193,200 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Graduate degree (or equivalent practical experience) in Applied Linguistics, Language Education, Linguistics, Instructional Design, Learning Science, Indian or South Asian Languages, South Asian Studies, or a related field.
  • •Deep proficiency in Hindi, including grammar, pronunciation, writing system, registers, variation, and common learner challenges, with experience designing Hindi curricula.
  • •India-centered cultural and regional expertise, including sociolinguistic and sociopolitical context; ability to navigate language/identity, script/register, standardization, multilingualism, and regional variation.
  • •Background in linguistics with language typology knowledge; able to apply it to unfamiliar languages and collaborate with language experts to design accurate, pedagogically sound courses.
  • •Analytical thinking and operational strength to evaluate linguistic questions, distinguish errors vs acceptable variation, and improve processes without sacrificing quality.
Experience:Multilingual educationLanguage learningHuman-in-the-loop AI
Education:Master's in Applied Linguistics, Language Education, Linguistics, Instructional Design, Learning Science, Indian or South Asian Languages, South Asian Studies, or a related field
Skills:Analytical thinkingCreativityProduct senseCommunicationCollaborationProcess improvementOperational rigorQuality focus
Languages:HindiUrduPunjabiBengaliTeluguTamilKannadaDravidian languages
Tech Stack:Human-in-the-loop AIPrompt engineeringGenerative-AIMobile-firstAI-enabled systems

Company Brief

Duolingo
Duolingo develops a gamified language-learning platform offering courses, practice exercises, and assessment tools for learners worldwide via web and mobile apps, using adaptive algorithms and motivational features to drive engagement and retention.
Industry: EdTech
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 500M to 1B
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Pittsburgh, United States
Founded: 2011
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