[Remote] Senior Privacy Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. DuckDuckGo is an online protection company on a mission to raise the standard of trust online. They are seeking a Senior Privacy Engineer to lead complex projects aimed at protecting user privacy and enhancing their privacy technology. The role involves designing systems, building new features, and mentoring other engineers while ensuring alignment with privacy principles.ResponsibilitiesDesigning systems for improving our search indexes and AI features without compromising user privacyBuilding new features on top of our Tracker Radar crawler to detect emerging privacy threatsImplementing new privacy features and maintaining existing ones, such as our Web Tracking and Email ProtectionsOwning major components of our privacy technology, taking responsibility for their maintenance and improvement over timeParticipation in our privacy review and audit processes, ensuring that all product developments align with our privacy principlesMentoring other engineers, supporting their career growth and the growth of the Privacy Team at DuckDuckGoSkillsAbility to lead and collaborate on high-impact and complex projects from proposal through post-mortemSkills to wrangle vague problems, propose innovative solutions, and execute them effectively, involving others when necessaryExperience working on privacy solutions in an engineering capacity (e.g. tracker blocker, differential privacy, or similar technology)Deep technical understanding of online privacy threats and the existing solution space to protect against themProficiency in any of the following: Go, Node.js, Python, PerlExcellent communication skills. You can validate your decisions and communicate them clearly to a variety of audiences, including non-technical stakeholdersBenefitsOffers EquityPaid parental leaveOffice setupCo-working allowancesFlexible work arrangement with no core hoursTravel at least two times a year: once for our all-hands meetup and again for a team retreat (each around 4-5 days)Background check as a condition of joining the teamCompany OverviewIndependent online protection company. Get our browser with protections built-in, including our search engine that doesn’t track you. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in Paoli, Pennsylvania, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://duckduckgo.com.