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DuckDuckGoDuckDuckGoUnited States

Senior Backend Engineer

Leads complex backend projects using Perl, Go, and Node.js to enhance privacy-focused search and AI features. Requires 7+ years backend experience, AI tooling familiarity, strong algorithms knowledge, and mentoring skills.

179k – 179k/yr
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex projects across key company-wide objectives using Perl (Version 5), Go, and Node.js.
  • Write pragmatic, performant, testable code that works consistently.
  • Collaborate remotely with peers to solve product issues impacting the all-in-one privacy solution.
  • Mentor other engineers, supporting their career growth.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of professional experience, primarily focused on backend systems that power consumer-facing products.
  • Product acumen to reason about technical tradeoffs in terms of user impact.
  • Familiarity with AI agent tooling: evaluation frameworks, RAG pipelines, and prompt engineering.
  • Fundamental understanding of complex data structures and algorithms.
  • Data-driven analytical skills for decision-making, stakeholder alignment, and experiment-oriented delivery.
  • Solid project management abilities.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication.
  • Previous experience leading and mentoring experienced engineers.

Compensation

  • $178,500 USD annually and stock options.
  • Compensation identical within professional levels, regardless of location.

Skills

PerlGoNode.jsAi Agent ToolingRag PipelinesPrompt EngineeringData StructuresAlgorithmsData Processing Pipelines

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