Senior Backend Engineer

DuckDuckGo

Senior Backend Engineer developing backend systems for DuckDuckGo's privacy solution. Leading projects and mentoring engineers within a remote-first environment.

Posted 4/13/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $178,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoJavaScriptNode.jsPerl

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.
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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

company-sponsored health benefits
paid parental leave
office setup
co-working allowances

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Hard Skills & Tools

PerlGoNode.jsbackend systemsdata structuresalgorithmsAI agent toolingevaluation frameworksRAG pipelinesprompt engineering

Soft Skills

project managementcommunicationmentoringanalytical skillsstakeholder alignmentdecision-makingcollaborationproblem-solvingleadershipcareer development