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DuckDuckGo

Director, Data Science

DuckDuckGo

Director of Data Science at DuckDuckGo driving product and business impact with a remote team. Mentoring data scientists and guiding impactful projects in data science.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $243,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Amazon RedshiftBigQuerySQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Drive product and business impact by developing data scientists
  • Mentor and set clear expectations for data science teams
  • Guide multiple data science projects for timely delivery with maximum impact
  • Collaborate cross-functionally using data to validate direction and strategies
  • Improve data pipeline and develop strategies for actionable insights

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 10+ years of experience in data science or ML engineering
  • 4+ years leading teams
  • Proven track record of setting multi-team roadmaps
  • Ability to coach experienced data scientists
  • Deployment and iteration of ML and NLP solutions in production
  • Advanced SQL and query optimization skills
  • Familiarity with columnar databases (BigQuery, Clickhouse, Redshift, Druid)
  • Strong LLM/AI experience

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Eligibility for company-sponsored health benefits (United States only)
  • Paid parental leave
  • Office setup allowance
  • Co-working allowances
  • Stock options

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Hard Skills & Tools
data sciencemachine learningnatural language processingSQLquery optimizationBigQueryClickhouseRedshiftDruidLLM
Soft Skills
mentoringteam leadershipcross-functional collaborationcoachingsetting expectationsproject managementstrategic thinkingcommunicationproblem-solvingtime management