Amazing work experience, even better mission - Anonymous employee Duolingo Employee Review

5.0
Jan 16, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Duolingo's mission of providing free language education to the world is incredible, and it's very motivating to come into work every day and contribute to that. - The team is excellent. It's clear that everyone who works here is passionate and committed to what they do. Things get done quickly, and they get done well. It's also been great to see how much career growth matters; if you do great work here, you definitely have a path to grow within the company. - Overall fantastic company culture. The family-like atmosphere at Duolingo has made me feel welcome as a fairly new team member, and the perks are very generous.

Cons

Do bad winters and food comas count?

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5.0
May 21, 2026
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Pros

Mission, smart and kind people, great work, hard working teams focused on results and delivering against an awesome mission. People push themselves and each other to learn and grow. Swarms of smart and creative problem solvers.

Cons

Small number of people are unhappy and instead of leaving they complain. A lot. I think it's like this everywhere but in a smaller company you feel it.

2.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good culture, great product, strong sense of ownership at all levels

Cons

Senior leadership has not found their rhythm. CEO calls pretty much all the shots. Engineering leadership is often invisible and lacks a cohesive tech strategy. Tech debt runs incredibly hot at this company and it often takes a major outage (did I mention CEO frequently joins the war rooms?) to get anything prioritized.

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