# AI Research Intern at Duolingo - Company: [Duolingo](https://duolingo.com) - Location: New York, NY +1 more - Type: Internship · Internship - Posted: 2026-11-06 - Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/duolingounirecruitment/jobs/8928923002 - Page: https://newgrad.ai/jobs/ai-research-intern-89aab6f6 ## Summary by newgrad.ai What you'll do: - Apply artificial intelligence techniques to large-scale datasets. - Develop, test, and deploy machine learning models. - Collaborate with researchers and engineers on product features. - Solve complex technical challenges to improve user experiences. What they're looking for: - PhD students in AI, machine learning, or related fields. - Graduation expected by August 2028. - Proficiency in Python, Java, Scala, or C/C++. - Ability to work 12 consecutive weeks in 2027. Pay and perks: - Hourly pay between $67 and $69 USD. - Provided meals and language learning opportunities. - Access to company hackathons, holidays, and paid time off. ## Posting Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It's a big mission, and that's where you come in! At Duolingo, you'll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You'll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that's both meaningful and fun. Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. ### You Will... - Apply AI methods to massive real-world datasets - Prototype new models, evaluate with small scale experiments, and/or productionize solutions at scale - Work with a cross-functional team of world class researchers, engineers, and others to build new product features and/or publish state-of-the-art findings - Solve our most ambitious problems with the right tool for the task - Collaborate cross-functionally to bring your ideas to life in the product - Identify problems, prototype solutions, evaluate their return on investment, and then implement the best solution at scale to improve the lives of our millions of learners each day ### You Have... - Pursuing a PhD in artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, or related field - Graduation expected by August 2028 - Contributions to research communities and efforts, including publishing papers at conferences such as ACL, CVPR, EDM, ICML, NeurIPS, etc. - A portfolio of impactful work, in the form of (for example) publications, open-source projects, or AI internships - Experience implementing AI systems in Python, Java, Scala, or C/C++ (i.e., not just R or MATLAB) - A creative, interdisciplinary, and entrepreneurial approach to R&D - Strong debugging and critical thinking skills - 12 week consecutive availability - May 24, 2027 - August 13, 2027 - June 14, 2027 - September 3, 2027 - Ability to relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY ### What you can expect... - Language learning opportunities - Catered in-house lunches, and breakfast and dinner options - Company-wide Hackathon - PTO and company holidays - Frequent company-wide dinners, monthly celebrations, social clubs, and so much more! Connect with your recruiter on the benefits for interns at Duolingo! Hourly Range for this internship is: $67—$69 USD From Duolingo's public posting, laid out for reading by newgrad.ai with the wording unchanged. Check the original before you apply. --- More new-grad and intern roles: https://newgrad.ai/llms.txt