DuckDuckGo

Lead complex privacy engineering projects to protect user privacy using programming languages and privacy technologies. | Experience leading complex projects, privacy engineering skills, proficiency in Go/Node.js/Python/Perl, and strong communication skills. | Who We Are Hi, we're DuckDuckGo, the online protection company and remote-first team of 300+ on a mission to raise the standard of trust online. Founded in 2008 and profitable since 2014, annual revenue now exceeds $100m USD and millions use our browser on on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android, our search engine, and the DuckDuckGo subscription. We also offer private, useful, and optional AI, including Duck.ai, which lets you chat privately with ChatGPT, Claude, and other AIs, all in one place. Our culture of trust, inclusivity, and empowered project management underpins everything we do, where each team member takes full ownership of their projects, from scoping and execution to postmortem. If you're seeking end-to-end ownership of your work, you've come to the right place! Your Team and Role Working On The Privacy Functional Team, You'll Lead Complex Projects Across Key Company-wide Objectives. You'll Protect The Privacy Of Our Users Using Go, Node.js, Python, And (sometimes) Perl To Write Pragmatic, Performant, Testable Code, And Work On Related Projects. Potential Projects Include • Designing systems for improving our search indexes and AI features without compromising user privacy • Building new features on top of our Tracker Radar crawler to detect emerging privacy threats • Implementing new privacy features and maintaining existing ones, such as our Web Tracking and Email Protections As a Senior Privacy Engineer, you'll own major components of our privacy technology, taking responsibility for their maintenance and improvement over time. A key part of the role will also be participation in our privacy review and audit processes, ensuring that all product developments align with our privacy principles. In time, you'll formally mentor other engineers, supporting their career growth and the growth of the Privacy Team at DuckDuckGo. About You • Ability to lead and collaborate on high-impact and complex projects from proposal through post-mortem. • Skills to wrangle vague problems, propose innovative solutions, and execute them effectively, involving others when necessary. • Experience working on privacy solutions in an engineering capacity (e.g. tracker blocker, differential privacy, or similar technology). • Deep technical understanding of online privacy threats and the existing solution space to protect against them. • Proficiency in any of the following: Go, Node.js, Python, Perl. • Excellent communication skills. You can validate your decisions and communicate them clearly to a variety of audiences, including non-technical stakeholders. Compensation $178,500 USD annually and stock options. Compensation is transparent across the organization, and all team members within the same professional level and global region receive the same compensation. Eligibility for company-sponsored health benefits is limited to team members based in the United States. This program does not extend to team members located in other countries, such as Canada or the UK. Our Team Member Support Guide explains how we prioritize your wellbeing including paid parental leave, office setup, and co-working allowances. Hiring Process Hiring works best when it's a two-way street. Learn how we help you get to know DuckDuckGo, envision your future role here, and find out more about how we hire. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion DuckDuckGo provides equal work opportunities to all team members and applicants, and it prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, caste, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by our policies or federal, state, or local laws. We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an email to careers@duckduckgo.com to let us know the nature of your request. Please Note That • You’ll be required to attend meetings on camera via video conferencing • Expect to travel at least two times a year: once for our all-hands meetup and again for a team retreat (each around 4-5 days). While extenuating circumstances may impact attendance, everyone is strongly encouraged to attend. • While we offer a flexible work arrangement with no core hours, expect an average full-time commitment of 40 hours per week. • A successful candidate must pass a background check as a condition of joining the team. • By applying for this role, you confirm that all information submitted is accurate and complete. You further acknowledge that providing false or fraudulent information during the application process is cause for denial of an offer, revocation of any existing offer, or other adverse action, up to and including termination after the start of your commencement of work. Disclosure Statement: Use of AI in Hiring Process 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. Key Principles • Data Privacy: All information provided in your application will be handled in accordance with our Recruiting Privacy Policy. We ensure that your personal information is protected and used solely for recruitment purposes. • Human Oversight and Accountability: The AI technology is designed to support our hiring team by providing insights and summaries of applications and evaluations of test projects against scoring rubrics. All final evaluations and hiring decisions, however, will be made by our hiring team, who will consider the AI's input alongside other factors. • Transparency: We believe in transparency regarding our hiring practices. If you have any questions about how AI is used in our recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to us. By submitting your application, you acknowledge and consent to the use of AI technology in our review process. If you would like to request an alternative selection process, please contact us as at careers@duckduckgo.com. Thank you for your interest in joining DuckDuckGo!

Lead privacy projects and design privacy-preserving systems ensuring compliance with company privacy principles. | Requires deep knowledge of online privacy threats, proficiency in Go, Node.js, Python, or Perl, and experience with privacy solutions and project leadership. | Who We Are Hi, we're DuckDuckGo, the online protection company and remote-first team of 300+ on a mission to raise the standard of trust online. Founded in 2008 and profitable since 2014, annual revenue now exceeds $100m USD and millions use our browser on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android, our search engine, and the latest — Privacy Pro. Our culture of trust, inclusivity, and empowered project management underpins everything we do, where each team member takes full ownership of their projects, from scoping and execution to postmortem. If you're seeking end-to-end ownership of your work — you've come to the right place! Your Team and Role Working on the Privacy Functional Team, you'll lead complex projects across key company-wide objectives. You'll protect the privacy of our users using Go, Node.js, Python, and (sometimes) Perl to write pragmatic, performant, testable code, and work on related projects. Potential projects include: Designing systems for improving our search indexes and AI features without compromising user privacy Building new features on top of our Tracker Radar crawler to detect emerging privacy threats Implementing new privacy features and maintaining existing ones, such as our Web Tracking and Email Protections As a Senior Privacy Engineer, you'll own major components of our privacy technology, taking responsibility for their maintenance and improvement over time. A key part of the role will also be participation in our privacy review and audit processes, ensuring that all product developments align with our privacy principles. In time, you'll formally mentor other engineers, supporting their career growth and the growth of the Privacy Team at DuckDuckGo. About You Ability to lead and collaborate on high-impact and complex projects from proposal through post-mortem. Skills to wrangle vague problems, propose innovative solutions, and execute them effectively, involving others when necessary. Experience working on privacy solutions in an engineering capacity (e.g. tracker blocker, differential privacy, or similar technology). Deep technical understanding of online privacy threats and the existing solution space to protect against them. Proficiency in any of the following: Go, Node.js, Python, Perl. Excellent communication skills. You can validate your decisions and communicate them clearly to a variety of audiences, including non-technical stakeholders. Compensation $178,500 USD annually and stock options. Compensation is identical within professional levels, regardless of geographic location or team. Compensation for each professional level is transparent across the organization. Our Team Member Support Guide explains how we prioritize your wellbeing including paid parental leave, office setup, and co-working allowances. Hiring Process Hiring works best when it's a two-way street. Learn how we help you get to know DuckDuckGo, envision your future role here, and find out more about how we hire. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion DuckDuckGo provides equal work opportunities to all team members and applicants, and it prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, caste, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by our policies or federal, state, or local laws. We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an email to careers@duckduckgo.com to let us know the nature of your request. Please note that: You’ll be required to attend meetings on camera via video conferencing Expect to travel at least two times a year: once for our all-hands meetup and again for a team retreat (each around 4-5 days). While extenuating circumstances may impact attendance, everyone is strongly encouraged to attend. While we offer a flexible work arrangement with no core hours, expect an average full-time commitment of 40 hours per week. A successful candidate must pass a background check as a condition of joining the team. By applying for this role, you confirm that all information submitted is accurate and complete. You further acknowledge that providing false or fraudulent information during the application process is cause for denial of an offer, revocation of any existing offer, or other adverse action, up to and including termination after the start of your commencement of work. Disclosure Statement: Use of AI in Hiring Process 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. Key Principles: Data Privacy: All information provided in your application will be handled in accordance with our Recruiting Privacy Policy. We ensure that your personal information is protected and used solely for recruitment purposes. Human Oversight and Accountability: The AI technology is designed to support our hiring team by providing insights and summaries of applications and evaluations of test projects against scoring rubrics. All final evaluations and hiring decisions, however, will be made by our hiring team, who will consider the AI's input alongside other factors. Transparency: We believe in transparency regarding our hiring practices. If you have any questions about how AI is used in our recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to us. By submitting your application, you acknowledge and consent to the use of AI technology in our review process. If you would like to request an alternative selection process, please contact us as at careers@duckduckgo.com. Thank you for your interest in joining DuckDuckGo!

Lead a team of researchers to translate user behavior and feedback into actionable product decisions and set strategic research direction. | 15+ years professional experience with 4+ years senior leadership in user insights and deep expertise in quantitative and qualitative research. | Who We Are Hi, we're DuckDuckGo, the online protection company and remote-first team of 300+ on a mission to raise the standard of trust online. Founded in 2008 and profitable since 2014, annual revenue now exceeds $100m USD and millions use our browser on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android, our search engine, and the DuckDuckGo Privacy Pro. Our culture of trust, inclusivity, and empowered project management underpins everything we do, where each team member takes full ownership of their projects, from scoping and execution to postmortem. If you're seeking end-to-end ownership of your work — you've come to the right place! Your Team and Role Working on the User Insights team, you'll lead a group of researchers embedded across DuckDuckGo's product areas, turning user behavior and feedback into decisions that actually ship. The team works across qualitative and quantitative methods, partnering closely with product, data science, and leadership to make sure the right research reaches the right people at the right moments. Recent projects include: Designing a cross-objective research intake system that surfaced upcoming product decisions 4-6 weeks ahead of roadmap commitments, enabling research to shape outcomes rather than document them. Running a longitudinal study on AI feature adoption gaps to inform onboarding and acquisition messaging strategy for a major product launch. Consolidating research findings across multiple objectives into decision-ready briefs, translating user constraints and invalidated assumptions into product language for engineering and design teams. As a Director, User Insights, you'll set the strategic direction for how research connects to product decisions across the company, making sure the team is working on what matters most, and that the insights they produce actually move things. About You 15+ years of professional experience, including 4+ years of experience in senior leadership roles (Director, Head, VP levels) in user insights/research. Deep practitioner-level command of quantitative and qualitative methods: conjoint, MaxDiff, discrete choice, regression, multivariate analysis, moderated/unmoderated testing, diary studies, and metric framework development. Able to take an ambiguous product question with no established measurement approach and build one from first principles. Experience working at a consumer-facing tech company with a meaningful US userbase, and cross multiple product surfaces simultaneously. Background in environments with multiple daily sequenced A/B experiments where research is integrated into the shipping process. Track record of developing researchers — not just directing them — with measurable improvement in methodology, framing, and stakeholder communication. Comfort representing research strategy to senior leadership in terms of business outcomes, not just research outputs. Experience in resource-constrained orgs where sequencing decisions were as important as execution. Compensation $243,800 USD annually and stock options. Compensation is identical within professional levels, regardless of geographic location or team. Compensation for each professional level is transparent across the organization. Eligibility for company-sponsored health benefits is limited to team members based in the United States. This program does not extend to team members located in other countries, such as Canada or the UK. Our Team Member Support Guide explains how we prioritize your wellbeing including paid parental leave, office setup, and co-working allowances. Hiring Process Hiring works best when it's a two-way street. Learn how we help you get to know DuckDuckGo, envision your future role here, and find out more about how we hire. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion DuckDuckGo provides equal work opportunities to all team members and applicants, and it prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, caste, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by our policies or federal, state, or local laws. We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an email to careers@duckduckgo.com to let us know the nature of your request. Please note that: You’ll be required to attend meetings on camera via video conferencing Expect to travel at least two times a year: once for our all-hands meetup and again for a team retreat (each around 4-5 days). While extenuating circumstances may impact attendance, everyone is strongly encouraged to attend. While we offer a flexible work arrangement with no core hours, expect an average full-time commitment of 40 hours per week. A successful candidate must pass a background check as a condition of joining the team. By applying for this role, you confirm that all information submitted is accurate and complete. You further acknowledge that providing false or fraudulent information during the application process is cause for denial of an offer, revocation of any existing offer, or other adverse action, up to and including termination after the start of your commencement of work. Disclosure Statement: Use of AI in Hiring Process 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. Key Principles: Data Privacy: All information provided in your application will be handled in accordance with our Recruiting Privacy Policy. We ensure that your personal information is protected and used solely for recruitment purposes. Human Oversight and Accountability: The AI technology is designed to support our hiring team by providing insights and summaries of applications and evaluations of test projects against scoring rubrics. All final evaluations and hiring decisions, however, will be made by our hiring team, who will consider the AI's input alongside other factors. Transparency: We believe in transparency regarding our hiring practices. If you have any questions about how AI is used in our recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to us. By submitting your application, you acknowledge and consent to the use of AI technology in our review process. If you would like to request an alternative selection process, please contact us as at careers@duckduckgo.com. Thank you for your interest in joining DuckDuckGo!

Lead complex backend projects, mentor engineers, and own product issues and technical solutions. | 7+ years backend experience, strong data structures and algorithms knowledge, proficiency in AI agent tooling, and leadership experience. | Who We Are Hi, we're DuckDuckGo, the online protection company and remote-first team of 300+ on a mission to raise the standard of trust online. Founded in 2008 and profitable since 2014, annual revenue now exceeds $100m USD and millions use our browser on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android, our search engine, and the DuckDuckGo subscription. Our culture of trust, inclusivity, and empowered project management underpins everything we do, where each team member takes full ownership of their projects, from scoping and execution to postmortem. If you're seeking end-to-end ownership of your work — you've come to the right place! Your Team and Role Working on the Backend Functional Team, you'll lead complex projects across key company-wide objectives. Using Perl (Version 5), Go, and Node.js, you’ll write pragmatic, performant, testable code that works consistently, and work on related projects. Recent projects include: Implementing AI-assisted answers and integrating them into our Search product while maintaining our privacy-first approach Delivering improvements to Duck.ai to help us make it a competitive AI chat alternative for both free and paying users Implementing sophisticated data processing pipelines that maintain search relevancy As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll collaborate remotely with your peers and take responsibility for solving product issues impacting our all-in-one privacy solution, whether large or small. In time, you'll formally mentor other engineers, supporting their career growth and the growth of the Backend Team at DuckDuckGo. About You 7+ years of professional experience, primarily focused on backend systems that power consumer-facing products Product acumen to reason about technical tradeoffs in terms of user impact Familiarity with AI agent tooling: evaluation frameworks, RAG pipelines and prompt engineering A fundamental understanding of complex data structures and algorithms — you can develop and apply new solutions and confidently navigate and improve existing code. Data-driven analytical skills for decision-making, stakeholder alignment, and experiment-oriented delivery Solid project management abilities Excellent written and verbal communication to validate and articulate decisions Previous experience leading and mentoring experienced engineers, supporting their career goals, and unlocking their potential. Compensation $178,500 USD annually and stock options. Compensation is identical within professional levels, regardless of geographic location or team. Compensation for each professional level is transparent across the organization. Eligibility for company-sponsored health benefits is limited to team members based in the United States. This program does not extend to team members located in other countries, such as Canada or the UK. Our Team Member Support Guide explains how we prioritize your wellbeing including paid parental leave, office setup, and co-working allowances. Hiring Process Hiring works best when it's a two-way street. Learn how we help you get to know DuckDuckGo, envision your future role here, and find out more about how we hire. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion DuckDuckGo provides equal work opportunities to all team members and applicants, and it prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, caste, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by our policies or federal, state, or local laws. We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an email to careers@duckduckgo.com to let us know the nature of your request. Please note that: You’ll be required to attend meetings on camera via video conferencing Expect to travel at least two times a year: once for our all-hands meetup and again for a team retreat (each around 4-5 days). While extenuating circumstances may impact attendance, everyone is strongly encouraged to attend. While we offer a flexible work arrangement with no core hours, expect an average full-time commitment of 40 hours per week. A successful candidate must pass a background check as a condition of joining the team. By applying for this role, you confirm that all information submitted is accurate and complete. You further acknowledge that providing false or fraudulent information during the application process is cause for denial of an offer, revocation of any existing offer, or other adverse action, up to and including termination after the start of your commencement of work. Disclosure Statement: Use of AI in Hiring Process 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. Key Principles: Data Privacy: All information provided in your application will be handled in accordance with our Recruiting Privacy Policy. We ensure that your personal information is protected and used solely for recruitment purposes. Human Oversight and Accountability: The AI technology is designed to support our hiring team by providing insights and summaries of applications and evaluations of test projects against scoring rubrics. All final evaluations and hiring decisions, however, will be made by our hiring team, who will consider the AI's input alongside other factors. Transparency: We believe in transparency regarding our hiring practices. If you have any questions about how AI is used in our recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to us. By submitting your application, you acknowledge and consent to the use of AI technology in our review process. If you would like to request an alternative selection process, please contact us as at careers@duckduckgo.com. Thank you for your interest in joining DuckDuckGo! #LI-DNI

As a Senior Motion Designer, you will lead marketing and product design projects from brief through delivery, balancing creative craft with performance goals. You will partner with various teams to ship impactful work and help shape motion best practices. | Candidates should have 7+ years of experience in motion design, ideally in-house at a fast-paced consumer brand. Strong proficiency in After Effects and Adobe CC is required, along with experience in shipping motion creative across various formats. | Who We Are Hi, we're DuckDuckGo, the online protection company and remote-first team of 300+ on a mission to raise the standard of trust online. Founded in 2008 and profitable since 2014, annual revenue now exceeds $100m USD and millions use our browser on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android, our search engine, and the latest — Privacy Pro. Our culture of trust, inclusivity, and empowered project management underpins everything we do, where each team member takes full ownership of their projects, from scoping and execution to postmortem. If you're seeking end-to-end ownership of your work — you've come to the right place! Your Team and Role Working on the Design Team, you'll help define and elevate DuckDuckGo’s visual storytelling across marketing and product surfaces, using tools like After Effects, Adobe CC, and 3D platforms such as Cinema 4D or Blender, and work on related projects. Recent projects include: Our latest TV Campaign which used motion design to dynamically abstract and visualize our product experience. In-product motion moments both big and small, such as micro-animations that draw attention to our Search engine AI tools and larger brand-differentiation moments like the flame animation when users "burn" their data in the app. As a Senior Motion Designer you’ll lead marketing (TV ads, digital video etc.) and product design projects from brief through delivery, balancing creative craft with performance goals. You’ll partner with marketing, product, legal, and external vendors to ship impactful work, contribute to cross-functional creative testing, and help shape motion best practices. You’ll also help evolve our team’s templates and workflows to support efficiency at scale, as our first motion designer. About You Ability to lead and collaborate on complex projects from proposal through post-mortem. 7+ years experience working in motion design, ideally in-house at a fast-paced consumer brand. Strong proficiency in After Effects and Adobe CC. Demonstrable experience shipping motion creative across a variety of formats (TV, social, product) and tailoring content for each channel. Working knowledge of 3D illustration tools like Cinema 4D or Blender — strong 3D skills are preferred, but not required. Deep understanding of how creative ties to growth and performance goals; able to deliver motion work that is both high-quality and effective. Experience partnering with marketing, product, legal, and external agencies. Bonus: Familiarity with integrating motion into video editing Compensation $178,500 USD annually and stock options. Compensation is identical within professional levels, regardless of geographic location or team. Compensation for each professional level is transparent across the organization. Our Team Member Support Guide explains how we prioritize your wellbeing including paid parental leave, office setup, and co-working allowances. Hiring Process Hiring works best when it's a two-way street. Learn how we help you get to know DuckDuckGo, envision your future role here, and find out more about how we hire. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion DuckDuckGo provides equal work opportunities to all team members and applicants, and it prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, caste, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by our policies or federal, state, or local laws. We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an email to careers@duckduckgo.com to let us know the nature of your request. Please note that You’ll be required to attend meetings on camera via video conferencing Expect to travel at least two times a year: once for our all-hands meetup and again for a team retreat (each around 4-5 days). While extenuating circumstances may impact attendance, everyone is strongly encouraged to attend. While we offer a flexible work arrangement with no core hours, expect an average full-time commitment of 40 hours per week. A successful candidate must pass a background check as a condition of joining the team. By applying for this role, you confirm that all information submitted is accurate and complete. You further acknowledge that providing false or fraudulent information during the application process is cause for denial of an offer, revocation of any existing offer, or other adverse action, up to and including termination after the start of your commencement of work.

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will build and maintain infrastructure to support millions of users. You will tackle complex operational challenges and ensure the reliability of large-scale deployments. | Candidates should have over 7 years of experience in reliability or software engineering and be able to lead complex projects. Strong programming skills and experience with cloud-native architectures are essential. | Who We Are Hi, we're DuckDuckGo, the online protection company and remote-first team of 300+ on a mission to raise the standard of trust online. Founded in 2008 and profitable since 2014, our annual revenue now exceeds $100 million USD. Millions use our browser on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android, our search engine, and our latest product — Privacy Pro. Our culture of trust, inclusivity, and empowered project management underpins everything we do, where each team member takes full ownership of their projects, from scoping and execution to postmortem. If you're seeking end-to-end ownership of your work — you've come to the right place! Your Team and Role Working on the Site Reliability Team, you'll help build and maintain world-class infrastructure to meet the needs of millions of users protecting their privacy online. You'll utilize high-level languages like Perl, Go, or Python and work on related projects. Recent projects include: Preparing Duck.ai image uploads for production Reduce user impact of instances serving errors to users As a Site Reliability Engineer, you'll dive deep into complex operational challenges, including software, systems, automation, and process analysis. We are looking for candidates who can read, write, troubleshoot, and deploy all types of software to help us tackle the reliability challenges of large-scale deployments. About You 7+ years relevant professional experience in reliability, platform, infrastructure, or software engineering. Experience participating in a 24x7 on-call rotation for a large-scale deployment. Ability to lead and collaborate on high-impact and complex projects from proposal through post-mortem. Skills to wrangle vague problems, propose innovative solutions, and execute them with a strong focus on metrics. Experience developing effective tools, services, alerts, and responses to identify and address reliability risks. Investigative ability to root-cause sources of instability in high-traffic, distributed systems. Deep experience administering and troubleshooting Linux and web technologies. Ability to implement automation around infrastructure provisioning and configuration management to prioritize efficiency, scalability and reliability. Foresight to help identify the future technical direction of our deployment with an effort to improve reliability and performance. Advanced programming skills enabling close partnership with software engineers to triage production issues and identify appropriate remediation, including code changes and performance considerations. Ability to leverage cloud-native services and architectures to enhance reliability and scalability, with hands-on experience packaging and deploying applications using Docker and Docker Compose. Compensation $178,500 USD annually and stock options. Compensation is identical within professional levels, regardless of geographic location or team. Compensation for each professional level is transparent across the organization. Our Team Member Support Guide explains how we prioritize your wellbeing, including paid parental leave, office setup, and co-working allowances. Hiring Process Hiring works best when it's a two-way street. Learn how we help you get to know DuckDuckGo, envision your future role here, and find out more about how we hire. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion DuckDuckGo provides equal work opportunities to all team members and applicants, prohibiting discrimination and harassment of any type based on race, color, ethnicity, caste, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by our policies or laws. We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process due to a medical condition or disability, please email careers@duckduckgo.com to let us know the nature of your request. Please Note: You’ll be required to attend meetings on camera via video conferencing. Expect to travel at least twice a year: once for our all-hands meetup and again for a team retreat (each around 4-5 days). While extenuating circumstances may impact attendance, everyone is strongly encouraged to attend. While we offer a flexible work arrangement with no core hours, expect an average full-time commitment of 40 hours per week. A successful candidate must pass a background check as a condition of joining the team. By applying for this role, you confirm that all information submitted is accurate and complete. Providing false or fraudulent information during the application process may result in denial of an offer, revocation of any existing offer, or other adverse actions, including termination after starting work. #LI-DNI