Senior Data Scientist — Leader in Ranking & AI (Remote)

Duck Duck Go; United States; À distance; USD 189 000 - 255 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Stock options

Paid parental leave

Co-working allowances

Résumé du poste

DuckDuckGo is seeking a senior Data Science leader to drive product impact by improving search ranking and relevance across our privacy-first platform. You will guide ML initiatives from scoping to production, mentor teams, and collaborate with product managers to shape strategy and delivery.

You will deploy NLP and AI-driven solutions in production, write scalable Python code, and optimize SQL for large-scale data. This role emphasizes ownership, privacy, and cross-functional excellence.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Data Science experience with 2+ years at Staff, Principal, or Director level, and a track record of leading high-complexity projects from scoping to production with minimal direction.
• Hands-on experience deploying ML in production, developing NLP solutions, and AI-assisted development.
• You write production-grade code in Python or a comparable high-level language.
• Advanced SQL and query optimization skills; you collaborate effectively with product teams.

Responsabilités

• Drive product and business impact through improving search engine ranking and results.
• Develop new lexical-matching and document-authority signals.
• Expand evaluations to measure relevancy readiness and surface ranking blind spots.
• Investigate LLMs for feature generation and ranking.

Connaissances

Data Science

Leadership

Python

SQL

MLOps

NLP

Communication

Outils

Vespa

Elasticsearch

OpenSearch

Solr

Python

Description du poste

DuckDuckGo is seeking a senior Data Science leader to drive product impact by improving search ranking and relevance across our privacy-first platform. You will guide ML initiatives from scoping to production, mentor teams, and collaborate with product managers to shape strategy and delivery.

You will deploy NLP and AI-driven solutions in production, write scalable Python code, and optimize SQL for large-scale data. This role emphasizes ownership, privacy, and cross-functional excellence.