Senior Backend Engineer

The role

You will lead complex projects on the Backend Functional Team using Perl, Go, and Node.js. You will write pragmatic, performant, and testable code for products like Search and Duck.ai. You will also mentor other engineers to support their career growth.

What you will do

• Lead complex projects across key company-wide objectives
• Write pragmatic, performant, testable code using Perl, Go, and Node.js
• Implement AI-assisted answers and integrate them into Search
• Deliver improvements to Duck.ai
• Implement sophisticated data processing pipelines
• Collaborate remotely with peers
• Solve product issues impacting the privacy solution
• Mentor other engineers

Required qualifications

• 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
• Fundamental understanding of complex data structures and algorithms
• Data-driven analytical skills for decision-making, stakeholder alignment, and experiment-oriented delivery
• Solid project management abilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Previous experience leading and mentoring experienced engineers

Benefits

• Stock options
• Paid parental leave
• Office setup
• Co-working allowances

Before you apply

• You will be required to attend meetings on camera via video conferencing
• Expect to travel at least two times a year
• A successful candidate must pass a background check
• By applying, you consent to the use of AI technology in the review process

About the company

DuckDuckGo is an online protection company and remote-first team of 400+ on a mission to raise the standard of trust online. The company is profitable and offers a search engine, browser, and private AI tools.