Duck Duck Go
Senior Data Scientist
Remote. Posted a month ago
The role
You will drive product and business impact through statistical modeling, experiment design, Bayesian marketing analysis, and classifier implementation. Work involves search engine, instant answers, AI, and revenue optimization projects.
What you will do
- Drive product and business impact through statistical modeling, experiment design, Bayesian marketing analysis, and classifier implementation
- Define core growth metrics and build infrastructure to monitor trends and anomalies
- Measure the impact of major marketing campaigns for Duck.ai
- Build monitoring pipelines to detect unexpected shifts in search traffic patterns
- Expand evaluation datasets for page context understanding
- Improve trigger systems for AI-assisted answers in DuckDuckGo Search
- Collaborate effectively with product teams
Required qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in Data Science
- Track record of leading high-complexity projects from scoping to production with minimal direction
- Ability to do 2 or more of: deploy and iterate on ML in production, develop and deploy NLP solutions, apply knowledge of LLMs, or conduct marketing campaign analysis using Bayesian methods
- Write production-grade code in Python or a comparable high-level language
- Advanced SQL and query optimization skills
- Familiarity with columnar databases like BigQuery, Clickhouse, Redshift, or Druid
- Design, implement, and analyze experiments across product surfaces
- Ability to derive insights from sparse or privacy-constrained data
- Attend meetings on camera via video conferencing
Nice to have
- experience with a BI tool like Tableau or PowerBI
Benefits
- stock options
- paid parental leave
- office setup
- co-working allowances
Before you apply
- Must pass a background check
- 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. Founded in 2008, it offers a search engine, browser, and private AI options.