Senior Backend Engineer, DuckDuckGo
$176k
+ Stock Options; Salary is benchmarked on US rates and may vary by other locations
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Online privacy tools
Open for applications
Online privacy tools
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$176k
+ Stock Options; Salary is benchmarked on US rates and may vary by other locations
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To show the world that protecting privacy is simple.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years backend engineering experience, having worked on the backend side of at least one large application
- A fundamental understanding of complex data structures and algorithms. You can develop and apply new solutions and confidently navigate and improve existing code. If you're curious, we mostly use Perl
- A creative approach to problem-solving. You like to take the initiative to push a project forward but know when to get others involved
- Effective project management skills
- Excellent communication skills. You can validate and communicate your decisions clearly
- Previous experience leading and mentoring experienced engineers, supporting their career goals, and unlocking their potential
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help shape our all-in-one privacy solution and join our mission to show the world that protecting your privacy online can be simple
- In this role, you will lead complex projects across key company-wide objectives, writing pragmatic, testable code that's performant and works consistently
- 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
Application process
- A successful candidate will be subject to a background check and must receive satisfactory results of the same, as a condition of joining the team
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
Companies are making money off of people's private information online without your consent. DuckDuckGo believe the internet shouldn't be this invasive and that getting the privacy you deserve online should be an easily accessible option.
With the company's Privacy Essentials desktop browser extension for Safari, Firefox, & Chrome and the mobile DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser for iOS & Android users can block trackers, secure connections, and search anonymously, so they are protected on any device, wherever.
The company's app is now downloaded more than 50M times a year, and its private search engine has become the #2 search engine on mobile in the U.S., Canada, Australia and the Netherlands. DuckDuckGo's next steps include a roll out of a suite of new privacy solutions, including Email Protection, App Tracking Protection and its first-ever Desktop Apps for Mac and Windows.
Insights
Many candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
28% female employees
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2021
$59m
SERIES C
Aug 2018
$10m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $72m
Company benefits
- Office Setup: To help you get your office set up, we reimburse up to $1,250 USD to cover the purchase of office productivity items, such as desk, chair, computer monitors, keyboards, etc.
- Co-working: Should you prefer to work from a co-working space, we reimburse the cost up to $500 USD per month.
- Wellness Stipend: To promote your physical and mental health, we offer a Wellness Stipend of up to $1,000 USD per year
- Learning Stipend: To promote your professional development and reinforce our culture of self-directed learning and skill-building, we offer a Learning Stipend of up to $1,250 USD per year
- Charitable Donation Matching: We match on qualified charitable donations of up to $1,000 per year.
- Assistance Program: We offer counseling services provided through Workplace Options to help you and your family manage life-stressors
- Company Events: We have annual company retreats, team meetups, and optional “work-ations” where you work with colleagues in various destinations around the world. Every quarter we hold 3-day long Hack Days, during which we work on whatever we want.
- Remote First, Always: We've always been a fully distributed company with team members all over the world. We trust you to get your work done wherever, whenever
- Flexible Time Off: We trust you to use good judgment to take time off as needed so that you can be your best at work. Our CEO sets a good example by taking regular vacations and encouraging the rest of the team to do the same.
- Healthcare - Medical, Dental, Vision (US Only) 🇺🇸
Company values
- Building trust - By building trust, we do right by our users and our staff.
- Questioning assumptions - By questioning assumptions, we reject bias and elevate the quality of our work.
- Validating direction - By validating direction, we grow fast and sustainably.
Company HQ
Paoli, PA
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Founders
Gabriel Weinberg
(CEO)Studied Physics at MIT. Previously co-author of Traction and Super Thinking.
Diversity & Inclusion at DuckDuckGo
- At DuckDuckGo, our vision is to raise the standard of trust online, and our mission is to show the world that protecting privacy is simple. Having a diverse, inclusive, and equitable team is critical to achieving those goals
- Online privacy abuses make the Internet worse for everyone by weaponizing our personal data in ways that create exploitation, discrimination, polarization, and chilling effects, among other problems. We can't build world-class solutions to these problems without a world-class team. That is why we seek to recruit, retain, and support the continued growth of talented and high-performing people of all different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences
- Our commitment to embracing diversity and empowering all team members is rooted in our core values: build trust, question assumptions, and validate direction. The willingness to validate direction by engaging in the sometimes uncomfortable process of questioning each other's assumptions and being questioned ourselves can only exist in a trusted space — an inclusive and welcoming environment — which is critical to rejecting bias and building a world-class, globally-used product
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