Duolingo Is Building an App To Teach Users About Music
The company is seeking a learning specialist with expertise in music education and theory.
Duolingo is largely synonymous with learning new languages but more recently, the company has been seeking to expand its offerings. Early in the pandemic, it launched Duolingo ABC, a free app to help young children learn English literacy, followed by a math-based app late last year.
For its next endeavor, Duolingo wants to help its user base of more than 500 million people globally build their breadth of music knowledge.
Per a job post first spotted by TechCrunch, the Pittsburgh-based company is looking to hire a learning scientist that’s also “expert in music education who combines both theoretical knowledge of relevant learning science research and hands-on teaching experience.”
In the listing, Duolingo says that the app will promote music learning in a fun and accessible way and that the new hire will be joining a “small cross-functional team and together you will lay the foundation for the new music product, innovating through experimentation and fast product iterations.”
For those interested, however, the company sets a high bar, requiring a PhD in “music education, music theory, educational psychology, learning sciences, cognitive science or a related field.”
It previously listed another position for a freelance music composition and curricular consultant, according to TechCrunch, though that job seems to have since been filled.
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