Senior Privacy Engineer

DuckDuckGo

Senior Privacy Engineer leading projects to protect user privacy and drive innovation at DuckDuckGo. Collaborating with cross-functional teams using technologies like Node.js, Go, and Python.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeRemote • 🏈 Anywhere in North AmericaSenior💰 $178,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoJavaScriptNode.jsPerlPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Working on the Privacy Functional Team, you'll lead complex projects across key company-wide objectives.
You'll protect the privacy of our users using Go, Node.js, Python, and (sometimes) Perl to write pragmatic, performant, testable code, and work on related projects.
Potential projects include designing systems for improving our search indexes and AI features without compromising user privacy.
Building new features on top of our Tracker Radar crawler to detect emerging privacy threats.
Implementing new privacy features and maintaining existing ones, such as our Web Tracking and Email Protections.
A key part of the role will also be participation in our privacy review and audit processes, ensuring that all product developments align with our privacy principles.
In time, you'll formally mentor other engineers, supporting their career growth and the growth of the Privacy Team at DuckDuckGo.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Ability to lead and collaborate on high-impact and complex projects from proposal through post-mortem.
Skills to wrangle vague problems, propose innovative solutions, and execute them effectively, involving others when necessary.
Experience working on privacy solutions in an engineering capacity (e.g. tracker blocker, differential privacy, or similar technology).
Deep technical understanding of online privacy threats and the existing solution space to protect against them.
Proficiency in any of the following: Go, Node.js, Python, Perl.
Excellent communication skills. You can validate your decisions and communicate them clearly to a variety of audiences, including non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Paid parental leave
Office setup and co-working allowances

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Hard Skills & Tools

GoNode.jsPythonPerltestable codeprivacy solutionstracker blockerdifferential privacysearch indexesAI features

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationproblem-solvinginnovationcommunicationmentoringcareer growthproject managementstakeholder engagementdecision validation