Job brief: Staff Security Engineer

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Duolingo's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-10 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-10.
• The apply link opens careers.duolingo.com, the address Duolingo's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $204,000 to $306,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: New York, NY
• Posted: 2026-11-09

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Staff".

Conditions

• The ability to work from or relocate to New York City.

Main duties

• Lead complex, multi-team security initiatives from problem definition and design through implementation, measurement, and ongoing ownership.
• Design and build scalable security services, controls, and automation that prevent, detect, and remediate risks with minimal manual effort.
• Partner with engineering teams to threat model systems, review architecture and code, prioritize risks, and deliver practical mitigations.
• Lead technical response to significant security incidents and translate lessons learned into lasting improvements.
• Communicate technical risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to engineering teams and company leaders.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in New York, NY: $195k a year (379 listings, 38 employers). This listing is 31% higher.
• Across Duolingo's 50 open listings, 56% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Duolingo hires

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