Senior Backend Engineer – Remote, AI & Privacy Focus

DuckDuckGo; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); A distancia; USD 171.000 - 209.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

DuckDuckGo, a remote-first company, seeks a Senior Backend Engineer to own and advance backend systems powering our privacy-focused products. You will contribute across Perl 5, Go, and Node.js, delivering reliable, scalable code while mentoring colleagues and aligning with product goals.

Ideal candidates bring 7+ years of backend experience, strong CS fundamentals, and a data-driven mindset to inform architectural choices.

Formación

• 7+ years of professional experience focused on backend systems powering consumer-facing products.
• Familiarity with AI agent tooling, evaluation frameworks, RAG pipelines, and prompt engineering.
• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms; able to develop and improve code.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with mentoring experience.

Responsabilidades

• Lead complex backend projects across key company-wide objectives.
• Write pragmatic, performant, testable code using Perl 5, Go, and Node.js.
• Collaborate remotely with peers and mentor other engineers over time.
• Solve product issues affecting the all-in-one privacy solution.

Conocimientos

Backend systems

Go

Node.js

Perl 5

Mentoring

Data-driven analytics

Communication

Herramientas

Perl 5

Go

Node.js

Descripción del empleo

DuckDuckGo, a remote-first company, seeks a Senior Backend Engineer to own and advance backend systems powering our privacy-focused products. You will contribute across Perl 5, Go, and Node.js, delivering reliable, scalable code while mentoring colleagues and aligning with product goals.

Ideal candidates bring 7+ years of backend experience, strong CS fundamentals, and a data-driven mindset to inform architectural choices.