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Data Scientist, Intern (PhD)
Duolingo University Recruitment
Pittsburgh, PA; New York, NYFresher32m agovia Greenhouse
About the Role
- This is an internship position for individuals pursuing a PhD.
Key Responsibilities
- Derive insights from data to influence product roadmaps and drive business results.
- Apply advanced analytical methods, structural approaches, causal inference, and/or machine learning and AI to model user behavior and estimate the impact of potential new feature implementations.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to develop solutions.
- Evaluate product experiments to create and improve user experiences.
- Communicate and present findings and recommendations to senior management.
- Help preserve our culture of fact-based decision making as we scale.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Pursuing a PhD degree (in at least the third year of PhD program) in a quantitative field (e.g. Economics, Finance, Statistics, Math, Linguistics, Computer Science, Computational Social Science, ML/AI).
- Ideally planning to graduate in Fall 2027 or Spring/Summer 2028.
- Strong understanding of consumer digital products.
- Interest in applying advanced analytics and economics to business outcomes.
- Previous experience analyzing large datasets.
- Previous experience communicating results to technical and non-technical senior-level audiences.
- Previous experience making actionable recommendations that improve the product or business.
- Skilled in SQL, R or Python, and/or statistical methods to analyze behavioral data.
- Enthusiasm for learning and sharing analytical methods to help grow a collaborative Data Science team and data-forward company culture.
- Able to relocate to Pittsburgh or NYC for the internship.
Exceptional Candidates Will Have
- Experience with "big data" and cloud computing technologies like BigQuery, Snowflake, and/or dbt.
- Experience articulating business questions and using available data to find answers that translate into product recommendations.
- Self-starter, with a desire to both learn new techniques and guide others.
- Previous experience/internships in applied business settings.
- Familiarity with AI tools such as Cursor, a knack for prompt engineering, and a desire to continue to innovate and learn in AI.
- A GPA of 3.5+.
- A Duolingo streak.
Compensation
- Hourly Range: $63 — $65 USD