DuckDuckGo - Senior Backend Engineer
Requirements
• Excellent communication skills. You can validate and communicate your decisions clearly in writing and verbally. • Previous experience leading and mentoring experienced engineers, supporting their career goals, and unlocking their potential.
Responsibilities
• Write pragmatic, performant, testable code using Perl, Go, and Node.js for backend functionalities across key company objectives. • Implement AI-assisted answers in the Search product while maintaining privacy standards. • Architect and deliver VPN features within Privacy Pro subscription. • Develop sophisticated data processing pipelines to ensure search relevancy. • Collaborate remotely with peers, solve issues impacting our all-in-one privacy solution, large or small in scope. • Mentor other engineers formally supporting their career growth and the Backend Team's development at DuckDuckGo.
Benefits
• Annual CompensationAnnual Compensation $178.5K • Compensation is the same within a professional level, regardless of geographic location or functional area, and the compensation for each professional level is transparent across the organization. • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • or drag and drop here • What is it about DuckDuckGo and this role that interests you? • Backend Engineers at DuckDuckGo are often expected to lead user-facing product engineering initiatives with varying complexity to deliver impact at scale. Please tell us a little about one project you've worked on which you feel demonstrates your ability to lead such projects. It would be especially helpful if you're able to highlight the scale in a quantified way. Please keep your answer to fewer than 200 words. • Backend Engineers at DuckDuckGo can work across many different products, Objectives and areas of responsibility. What kind of work would, and would not, excite you as an Engineer? • Not all roles are open to candidates in all countries. Please review eligible remote work locations included in this job post. • Please note that DuckDuckGo does not sponsor or assist team members with individual immigration needs. • N/A - I will be working outside the United States • N/A - I will be working in the United States • Asking questions is an important part of our culture, so we’d like to give you an opportunity to ask any immediate questions you might have for us below. • As part of our commitment to enhancing our recruitment process, we utilize artificial intelligence (AI) technology to assist in reviewing and summarizing job applications and test projects, including those tools integrated into our recruitment vendor platforms. We use AI to flag potentially fraudulent applications, analyze and summarize applicants’ experience, interviews, and project performance, and help streamline our selection process. • I acknowledge that I have read the above disclosure statement on DuckDuckGo’s use of AI in hiring process. • Recruiting Privacy Policy
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