Duolingo hires game devs to help create engagement for its apps.
Duolingo hires game devs to help create engagement for its apps.
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Duolingo hits GDC again to recruit game devs to make gamified mobile apps

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Duolingo, the maker of popular language-learning apps, might seem out of place at the Game Developers Conference. But the company is showing up once again to hire young game developers to help make its gamified mobile apps.

Bob Meese, chief business officer at Duolingo, said in an interview with GamesBeat that his recruiters are heading to GDC to find people to fill a number of openings at Duolingo. One of the open positions is for a VP of growth and product marketing.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.