Does Duolingo pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Duolingo employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Duolingo. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Duolingo?

79% of Duolingo employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Duolingo 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Duolingo?

Software Engineer (20) , Product Designer (10) , Translator (8) , Intern (6) , Freelance Translator (5) , Software Engineer(Internship) (5) , Quality Review Specialist (4) , Senior Software Engineer (4) , Anonymous (3) , Data Scientist (3) , Internship (3) , Product Manager (3) , Project Coordinator (3) , Software Engineer II (3) , Contractor (2)

What are the pros of working at Duolingo according to real employee reviews?

"Great culture and emphasis on collaboration/having fun" ((in 24 reviews)); "I believe they are an exceptional company that offers great benefits" ((in 22 reviews)); "Great people" ((in 21 reviews)); "Great team and community spirit" ((in 17 reviews)); "Great coworkers" ((in 12 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Duolingo according to real employee reviews?

"Poor salary, bad management, sometimes chaotic" ((in 7 reviews)); "If you’re saddled with a bad manager you get a bad review for no reason." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Duolingo layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Duolingo layoffs and their outlook for job security at Duolingo in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Duolingo locations?

Pittsburgh , New York , Los Angeles , Denver , Philadelphia , Newark , Chicago , Ohio City , San Diego , Pittsburg , Seattle , Boston , East Liberty , Maryland City , Penn Pitt , Pitts , Spain

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Duolingo reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(163 total reviews)

Luis von Ahn

88% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Culture & values

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

Duolingo has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 163 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Duolingo employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

163 reviews

5.0

Sep 29, 2016

Best experience

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Duolingo consists of very intelligent and hard-working people. The atmosphere allows you to grow and work on projects you are passionate about.

Cons

The friendly environment makes it hard to separate work life from life outside work, although the people are amazing so this is not necessarily a bad thing!

5.0

Sep 27, 2016

Software Engineer

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Amazing mission (provide free language education to the world) - Amazing colleagues - Able to have a large impact on products and future of the company - Your opinion matters - Incentivized to grow as an engineer in order to do your job

Cons

- Too much cake - Pittsburgh has a cold winter

5.0

Jul 20, 2016

Innovative and exciting company

Engineering director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Like many employees here, I came in large part for the mission: free language education for the world. It feels great to work for something that is truly meaningful to me. I also came here because the opportunities in online education are so exciting: we can develop and iterate on new and more effective ways to teach at a much larger scale than was ever possible before. On top of that, the team here is top-notch, on par with tech giants like Google and Facebook. Anyone who has used Duolingo can tell that we have a stellar product team. Lastly, Duolingo has a great culture -- it's a really fun place to work.

Cons

Hmmm, hard to think of anything. There are a lot of social events here -- I can't possible participate in all of them?

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