Senior C++/Chromium Engineer — Lead Privacy Features

DuckDuckGo; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 2,819,000 - 3,482,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Office setup assistance

Co-working allowances

Job summary

DuckDuckGo is seeking a Senior C++/Chromium Engineer to lead high-impact projects across our browser core, built with modern C++ and Chromium. You will turn vague problems into concrete plans, implement them in a large codebase, and use metrics to prove value.

Collaboration with design and product is mostly asynchronous to protect user privacy. You will work on tracker blocking, VPN features, and performance improvements while maintaining a strong CS foundation and delivering scalable,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Advanced modern C++ knowledge (C++23 or newer).
• Memory management, concurrency, and performance profiling expertise.
• Experience driving technical work end-to-end on large-scale C++ codebases.
• Comfort with large build systems, debuggers, and profilers.
• Experience shipping software to a large consumer audience.
• Solid CS foundation (algorithms and data structures).
• Bonus: Windows development experience.
• Bonus: experience with browsers (Chromium, WebKit, WebView) or game engines.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex projects from proposal through post-mortem.
• Translate vague problems into clear plans and implement them in a large modern C++ codebase.
• Use metrics to demonstrate impact; balance low-level work with architecture decisions.
• Collaborate with design and product mostly asynchronously to build privacy features for a broad audience.

Skills

Project leadership

Problem solving

7+ years experience

C++23+ expertise

Memory management

Concurrency

Performance profiling

End-to-end delivery

Large-scale codebases

Build systems

Browser tech (Chromium/WebKit)

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Chromium

WebKit

WebView

Debuggers/Profilers

Windows development

Job description

DuckDuckGo is seeking a Senior C++/Chromium Engineer to lead high-impact projects across our browser core, built with modern C++ and Chromium. You will turn vague problems into concrete plans, implement them in a large codebase, and use metrics to prove value.

Collaboration with design and product is mostly asynchronous to protect user privacy. You will work on tracker blocking, VPN features, and performance improvements while maintaining a strong CS foundation and delivering scalable,