After Duolingo
- 100%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Duolingo most often go to Meta. Median stay 4y 1m
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not Duolingo's headcount: 27 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 348 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 270.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 1970% of the people here
- Moved on
- 830% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 4y 1mmiddle half 1y 3m to 5y 4m
Put Duolingo side by side with another company, every number against every number.
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most leave for Meta (38% of recorded departures).
24 recorded arrivals from 23 companies, none more than 2 from any one of them
0 of 24 recorded arrivals shown, 24 more from 23 other companies3 of 8 recorded departures shown, 5 more to 5 other companies
How long people stay
24%<1y
5%1-2y
14%2-4y
48%4-7y
10%7y+
21 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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0013
0014
0015
0016
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2018
1119
5220
6221
5122
6423
1024
4125
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 30 joined, 11 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (27).
Titles held here
- Senior Software Engineer10
- Software Engineer Intern8
- Senior Engineering Manager7
- Software Engineer6
- Software Engineer II5
- Software Engineer I4
- Engineering Manager3
- Staff Software Engineer3
8 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 19% of people here.
Where they studied
- Carnegie Mellon18.5%
- Brown11.1%
The 2 most listed schools among the 27 people here with a school on file.
Of the 27 people here with a school on file, 5 list Carnegie Mellon and 3 list Brown. A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
Public work
Not enough of the record here has been checked.This share needs 30 people whose profile was checked for public accounts, and there are fewer than that here.
Where they are now
74% of the people who have worked at Duolingo and list a location live in New York today, against 33% of everyone on the map.
Duolingo
Everyone on the map
- 74%New York20 · map 33%
- 19%SF Bay Area5 · map 47%
All 27 people who worked at Duolingo list a location, and every share here is over them.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while they worked at Duolingo: a metro here does not mean the company has an office in it. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map, for comparison.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside Duolingo, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 27 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Duolingo: 19 are there now and 8 have moved on.
- The most common next employer after Duolingo is Meta (3 people, 38% of recorded departures).
- The median tenure at Duolingo is 4y 1m (middle half 1y 3m to 5y 4m).
- Of those who moved on from Duolingo, fewer than 3 went on to a founder title, fewer than 3 joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and fewer than 3 joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- The most common title held at Duolingo is Senior Software Engineer, then Software Engineer Intern.
- Of the 27 people here with a school on file, 5 list Carnegie Mellon (18.5%), then Brown (3). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 74% of the 27 people here who list a location live in New York today, against 33% of everyone on the map. That is where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
About this data: built from 144,786 jobs across 26,572 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated August 20, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving; companies with fewer than 20 people on the map are not shown, and destinations with fewer than 3 people are folded into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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