Senior Privacy Engineer — Remote-First, Stock Options

Jackalope Digital LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Paid parental leave

Co-working allowances

Health benefits (US)

Job summary

DuckDuckGo is seeking a Senior Privacy Engineer to own major components of our privacy technology, maintaining and improving them over time. You will participate in privacy reviews and audits to ensure alignment with privacy principles and mentor other engineers to support growth within the Privacy Team.

Ideal candidates have deep technical knowledge of online privacy threats, experience with privacy solutions in an engineering role, and proficiency in Go, Node.js, Python, or Perl.

Qualifications

• Experience leading high-impact, complex privacy projects from proposal to post-mortem.
• Ability to wrangle vague problems and propose innovative, actionable solutions.
• Experience working on privacy solutions in an engineering capacity (e.g., tracker blocker, differential privacy).
• Deep technical understanding of online privacy threats and current solution space.
• Proficiency in Go, Node.js, Python, or Perl.
• Excellent communication skills to explain decisions to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own major components of our privacy technology and drive maintenance and improvements.
• Participate in privacy reviews and audits to ensure alignment with privacy principles.
• Mentor other engineers over time to support career growth.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on privacy-focused initiatives.

Skills

Go

Node.js

Python

Perl

Job description

DuckDuckGo is seeking a Senior Privacy Engineer to own major components of our privacy technology, maintaining and improving them over time. You will participate in privacy reviews and audits to ensure alignment with privacy principles and mentor other engineers to support growth within the Privacy Team.

Ideal candidates have deep technical knowledge of online privacy threats, experience with privacy solutions in an engineering role, and proficiency in Go, Node.js, Python, or Perl.