# Lead Technical Recruiter

**Company:** [Duolingo](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/duolingo)
**Location:** Pittsburgh, PA
**Role:** Recruiting
**Salary:** $163k – $245k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Full-Cycle Recruiting, Pipeline Management, Sourcing Strategy, Data Analysis, Applicant Tracking Systems, Interview Frameworks, Hiring Playbooks, Candidate Experience, Product Hiring, Metrics Analysis
**Posted:** 2026-04-21

> Lead full-cycle recruiting for Product roles, partnering with CPO to shape hiring strategy, build pipelines, and close senior talent. Requires 7+ years recruiting experience with product depth and data fluency; onsite in Pittsburgh.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Own full-cycle recruiting for Product roles at all levels — ICs to senior leaders — building deep pipelines and consistently closing top talent.
- Be a true partner to the CPO, shaping hiring strategy, prioritizing roles, and helping define what great Product talent looks like at Duolingo.
- Lead and influence without direct authority, working across recruiting, sourcing, and business stakeholders to align processes, calibrate expectations, and drive outcomes.
- Drive sourcing strategy (roughly 25–30% of your time), going beyond inbound to build proactive outreach for senior and hard-to-fill roles.
- Use data to tell the story — diagnosing pipeline health, surfacing insights to leadership, and making decisions that balance speed with quality.
- Champion the candidate experience from first touch to offer close, making sure every interaction reflects Duolingo's brand and values.
- Build the infrastructure — whether that's interview frameworks, leveling guidance, or hiring playbooks — that scales beyond you.

## Requirements

- Ability to work onsite in Pittsburgh, PA, Monday–Thursday, with Friday optional
- 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with meaningful depth in Product hiring
- Experience partnering closely with senior leaders (VP/C-suite) to shape org strategy, not just fill seats
- A track record of hiring across levels — from PMs to Directors to VPs — with strong judgment on what "great" looks like at each
- Comfort operating in ambiguity, with the ownership mindset to create structure where it doesn't exist
- Strong data fluency — you know how to use pipeline metrics to drive conversations and influence decisions

## Nice-to-haves

- Experience leading or mentoring a recruiting team, even informally
- Deep market knowledge of the Product talent landscape, including how to position Duolingo competitively
- A history of building repeatable hiring systems that improve quality and efficiency at scale

## Compensation

**Salary Range:** $163,200—$244,800 USD (not inclusive of equity compensation and benefits)

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