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About the role...
We are looking for a Senior People Technology Analyst to own the automation layer that powers our People Team and add to our People technology thought leadership. This is a role for someone who is equally excited about building elegant solutions and owning them responsibly for the long haul. You will be the primary hands-on builder of Workato-based automations across our People tech stack, designing and delivering the integrations and workflows that eliminate manual effort, connect our systems, and create seamless employee experiences at scale. You will also serve as the governance owner of our automation practice, establishing the standards, policies, and oversight that ensure our solutions are reliable, secure, and built to last. Over time, you will be a key voice in evaluating and shaping the future of our People technology ecosystem, identifying new tools and capabilities that keep us ahead of the curve.
🧠 You will...
- Act as a strategic voice on People technology at Duolingo — developing a deep understanding of our current systems landscape, identifying gaps and opportunities, and partnering with People Team leadership to shape the roadmap of tools, platforms, and capabilities we invest in next
- Serve as a primary builder and the technical owner of Workato-based automations across the People tech stack, designing and delivering workflows that connect systems, eliminate manual processes, and scale with the business
- Establish and own the governance framework for People Team automation — including standards, documentation practices, access controls, and policies that ensure our Workato environment is reliable, auditable, and well-maintained
- Identify and fill automation gaps across the People systems ecosystem — including Workday, Greenhouse, benefits platforms, payroll systems, and other third-party tools — ensuring accurate, reliable data flows across the full employee lifecycle
- Partner with stakeholders across the People Team and beyond to gather requirements, map processes, identify automation opportunities, and translate business needs into scalable technical solutions
- Proactively identify and eliminate manual, repetitive processes across People operations — from onboarding and offboarding to employee data changes, approvals, and compliance workflows
- Stay current on the broader HR technology landscape, evaluating emerging tools and bringing forward recommendations that continuously raise the bar for how the People Team operates
- Maintain clear documentation of system configurations, integration architecture, and workflow logic to ensure continuity, scalability, and knowledge sharing across the team
✅ You have...
- Minimum of a baccalaureate degree
- 5+ years of experience in HR technology, People systems, or a related technical role, bringing broad familiarity with the People technology landscape
- Demonstrated hands-on experience building and managing automations using Workato or a comparable iPaaS platform (e.g., MuleSoft, Boomi, Zapier) — experience with Workato specifically is strongly preferred
- A proven track record of not just building automations, but owning them — including governance, documentation, and ongoing stewardship of solutions in production
- Proven ability to translate People team requirements into technical solutions, with demonstrated success eliminating manual processes through automation
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with high attention to detail and a bias toward clean, scalable, and well-governed solutions
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills — comfortable working across technical and non-technical audiences and influencing without direct authority
- A genuine teammate with a strong desire to help others; demonstrated success building trusted relationships within diverse groups; the ability to thrive and be resilient in a fast-paced, high-growth organization
- A high sense of discretion and ability to maintain confidentiality while handling sensitive employee data
⭐ Exceptional candidates will have...
- Workato certification(s)
- Strong working knowledge of Workday HCM, including experience with configuration, business process frameworks, reporting, and integrations
- Direct experience working within a People Team or HR function, with deep fluency in core HR processes across the employee lifecycle
- Experience establishing or maturing an automation governance practice — including defining standards, managing recipe libraries, and setting access and change control policies
- Familiarity with AI-enabled HR tools, agentic workflows, or emerging automation capabilities within People systems
- A natural curiosity about People tech, how systems connect, and a habit of asking "what should we automate next?" before anyone has to ask them
- Fluency in Google apps, Greenhouse, Jira, and other People systems
- An impressive Duolingo streak!
The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role!
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Skills Required
- Minimum of a baccalaureate degree
- 5+ years of experience in HR technology, People systems, or a related technical role
- Hands-on experience building and managing automations using Workato or a comparable iPaaS (MuleSoft, Boomi, Zapier)
- Proven track record of owning automations including governance, documentation, and ongoing stewardship of production solutions
- Proven ability to translate People team requirements into technical solutions and eliminate manual processes through automation
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; comfortable across technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to maintain confidentiality while handling sensitive employee data
- Workato certification(s)
- Strong working knowledge of Workday HCM, including configuration, business process frameworks, reporting, and integrations
- Direct experience working within a People Team or HR function with fluency in core HR processes
- Experience establishing or maturing an automation governance practice
- Familiarity with Google apps, Greenhouse, and Jira
Duolingo Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Duolingo and has not been reviewed or approved by Duolingo.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive for core engineering and product roles, with required jurisdictions showing posted ranges and immigration filings implying a strong base-salary floor. Public compensation snapshots indicate senior packages can scale higher, supporting a clear, market-aligned structure.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage is paired with mental-health resources and fertility support as core offerings. Coverage for dependents and strong wellness benefits are consistently highlighted.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — About 20 days of PTO plus a two‑week company winter break and paid holidays provide substantial time away. A formal sabbatical at 10 years further expands long‑term recharge options.
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What We Do
Duolingo is a language-learning education platform that offers 98 total courses across nearly 40 distinct languages. Duolingo is the world’s most popular way to learn a language. Our mission is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. Some of our products include: 1. Duolingo: The free, fun, and effective way to learn a language! 2. DET (Duolingo English Test): A modern language proficiency tool designed for today's international students and institutions. It offers an English proficiency score, video interview, and writing sample in an accessible, efficient, and secure testing experience. 3. Duolingo Math: An app that can make math be fun. For everyone. Students can focus on elementary math, which covers classroom topics, or adults can focus on brain training, which strengthens mental math skills and covers more advanced topics. 4. Duolingo ABC: An educational learning app that offers immersive lessons to teach preschool to second grade kids reading fundamentals. Founded in 2011 by Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker, Duolingo is the most downloaded education app in the history of the App Store and in 2019 became the top-grossing education app worldwide. The app has been awarded Apple's iPhone App of the Year and Android's Best of the Best. Learning a new language used to be expensive; we believe it should be free. Over 1.2 billion people are learning a second language and most of them are learning English to improve their lives. Learning a new language is hard; we believe it can be fun. We use bite-sized lessons that feel like playing a game to keep our learners motivated. With over 500 million learners we have unprecedented data insights on how people learn. Our teams of language learning scientists, machine learning engineers, and AI experts use this data to constantly improve our effectiveness. We’re building a future in which the highest-quality education is accessible to all. Duolingo has been named: 2022 Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators 2022 Fast Company 10 Most Innovative Education Company 2021 Forbes Best Startup Employers 2020, 2018, 2017, 2013 Most Innovative Company by Fast Company 2020 Best Machine Learning Startups for by Glassdoor 2018 Inc. Best Places to Work 2018 Entrepreneur Top Company Culture List University Program Awards: 2022 Handshake Early Talent Award 2022 Untapped Top Internship Programs 2022 OneReq Internship Program Trailblazer Award
Why Work With Us
Our global team works together to make language learning fun, free, and effective for anyone who wants to learn, wherever they are. Best of all, you get to work alongside Duo (literally)!
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