# Senior Backend Engineer

**Company:** [DuckDuckGo](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/duckduckgo)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $179k – $179k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Perl, Go, Node.js, Ai Agent Tooling, Rag Pipelines, Prompt Engineering, Data Structures, Algorithms, Data Processing Pipelines
**Posted:** 2026-04-13

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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.

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