Hi, we’re DuckDuckGo, the Internet privacy company for everyone who wants to take back their privacy now. For over a decade, we've been building our all-in-one product, developing new privacy technology, and working with policymakers to make online privacy simple and accessible for all.Our app is now downloaded more than 75M times a year, and our private search engine packaged with it has become the #2 search engine on mobile in over 21 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, and the Netherlands. Oh, and we've been profitable since 2014 with revenue currently exceeding $100 million a year! Now, we’re rolling out a suite of new privacy solutions, including <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.spreadprivacy.com/introducing-email-protection-beta/">Email Protection</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://spreadprivacy.com/introducing-app-tracking-protection/">App Tracking Protection</a> and our first-ever Desktop Apps for <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://spreadprivacy.com/introducing-duckduckgo-for-mac/">Mac </a>and Windows.We’re looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer, JavaScript to help shape our all-in-one privacy solution and join our mission to show the world that protecting your privacy online can be simple.The OpportunityIn this role, you will lead and contribute to the development of new and existing products and features, demonstrating ownership over major components of our codebase, while taking responsibility for their maintenance and improvement over time. You will write pragmatic, performant, and testable code that works consistently across settings, devices, and browsers, playing a key role improving the frontend software architecture, all while prioritizing privacy and user experience throughout the engineering process..As a senior engineer, you will mentor peers and work closely with cross-functional team members through remote collaboration opportunities, including product brainstorms, technical design discussions, and code reviews, among others.What You Will Bring to DuckDuckGo<ul><li>7+ years experience in positions where your primary responsibility was writing code</li><li>Advanced level of Javascript/HTML/CSS expertise.</li><li>Advanced level of web application architecture expertise.</li><li>Ability to lead engineering projects with little to no oversight.</li><li>Experience working on at least one large web application.</li><li>Experience identifying and validating success criteria and metrics.</li><li>Experience collaborating with engineers working on the backend and other platforms (Android, iOS, etc).</li><li>Experience collaborating with product/design to build polished consumer facing products.</li><li>Ability to contribute to technical architecture decisions for complex products.</li><li>Willingness to learn new technologies and ideas.</li></ul>How We Will Support YouOur core values -- build trust, question assumptions, and validate direction -- underpin how we work day-to-day and the support we give our team members. We strive to empower our team members to be self-directed and self-motivated in their work.<ol><li>Remote First, Always: We've always been a fully distributed company with team members all over the world. We trust you to get your work done wherever, and whenever.</li><li>Commitment to Personal Growth: Every team member has an annual budget of $1,250 USD to invest in their professional development. Every team member also has a dedicated Career Advisor, who serves as a guide to help you develop your strengths, identify your motivations, and understand your opportunities for growth.</li><li>Leadership: We have many different types of leaders and possible combinations of leadership roles, so you can grow your career in a way that aligns best with your personal goals. You can seek additional leadership roles by being directly responsible for projects, taking ownership of areas of the company, developing and maintaining internal processes, or pursuing advisory roles.</li><li>Work/Life Balance: Team members have the freedom and flexibility to organize their own work schedules. We want you to thrive both in and out of the office. We trust you to use good judgment and take the time off that you need to bring your best self to work.</li></ol>We also offer paid parental leave, a co-working stipend, office setup reimbursement, and a wellness stipend. More support resources can be found in our <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://duckduckgo.com/assets/hiring/team_support_guide.pdf">Team Member Support Guide</a>, which explains how we make your well-being a priority.For more information on how we collaborate worldwide, from leadership in our relatively flat organization to start-to-finish ownership, check out <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://duckduckgo.com/assets/hiring/how_we_work.pdf">DuckDuckGo Culture: How We Work.</a>CompensationAnnual compensation: $170,000 USD and stock options. Compensation is the same within a professional level, regardless of geographic location or functional area, and the compensation for each professional level is transparent across the organization.Hiring ProcessHiring works best when it's a two-way street. Learn how we help you get to know DuckDuckGo and envision your future role here. Find out more about <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://duckduckgo.com/assets/hiring/how_we_hire.pdf">how we hire</a>.Diversity, Equity, and InclusionDuckDuckGo provides equal work opportunities to all team members and applicants, and it prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, caste, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by our policies or federal, state, or local laws.We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an email to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:careers@duckduckgo.com">careers@duckduckgo.com</a> to let us know the nature of your request.If you think you might thrive in this environment, we would love to hear from you.Please note that:<ol><li>Sometimes we meet up! Expect to travel at least two times a year: once for our all-hands meetup and again for a team retreat (each around 4-5 days). While extenuating circumstances may impact attendance, everyone is strongly encouraged to attend.</li><li>While we offer a flexible work arrangement with no core hours, expect an average full-time commitment of 40 hours per week.</li><li>A successful candidate will be subject to a background check and must receive satisfactory results of the same, as a condition of joining the team.</li><li>By applying for this role, you confirm that all information submitted is accurate and complete. You further acknowledge that providing false or fraudulent information during the application process is cause for denial of an offer, revocation of any existing offer, or other adverse action, up to and including termination after the start of your commencement of work.</li></ol>

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Senior Frontend Engineer, Javascript (Remote)

Hi, we’re DuckDuckGo, the Internet privacy company for everyone who's had enough of hidden online tracking and wants to take back their privacy now. For over a decade, we've been building our all-in-one product, developing new privacy technology, and working with policymakers to make online privacy simple and accessible for all. Our app is now downloaded more than 50M times a year, and our private search engine packaged with it has become the #2 search engine on mobile in the U.S., Canada, Australia and the Netherlands. Oh, and we've been profitable since 2014 with revenue currently exceeding $100 million a year! Now, we’re rolling out a suite of new privacy solutions, including Email Protection, App Tracking Protection and our first-ever Desktop Apps for Mac and Windows.We’re looking for a Senior Windows Engineer to help shape our all-in-one privacy solution and join our mission to show the world that protecting your privacy online can be simple. The OpportunityIn this role, you will work on the team responsible for launching our first ever DuckDuckGo Privacy App for Windows — an all-in-one privacy solution. You'll collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers across Native Apps to craft a world-class browser with embedded privacy features that will revolutionize the way people search, surf, and exist online. You will be critical to the successful launch of this product and responsible for taking pieces of the puzzle and autonomously building solutions to get us closer to our first release. You will help define the roadmap, take ownership of significant application features and experiment with ways to improve them. You will lay the foundations of what will become one of DuckDuckGo's flagship products and critical levers for growing privacy online. What You Will Bring to DuckDuckGo<ul><li>Experience implementing ideas from scratch, own major application features, and take responsibility for their maintenance and improvement over time.</li><li>Experience participating in technical architecture decisions for complex products, essentially shaping the software architecture of a consumer product.</li><li>An advanced level of programming expertise, with knowledge of C#. We currently use .NET 6.</li><li>A significant level of Windows application development architecture expertise (e.g., Win32 apps, WPF apps, WinUI 3 apps).</li><li>Deep understanding of software design patterns such as MVVM, MVP, etc.</li><li>Event-driven programming (e.g., using Rx.NET) experience is considered an advantage.</li></ul>How We Will Support You Our core values -- build trust, question assumptions, and validate direction -- underpin how we work day-to-day and the support we give our team members. We strive to empower our team members to be self-directed and self-motivated in their work. <ul><li>Remote First, Always: We've always been a fully distributed company with team members all over the world. We trust you to get your work done wherever, whenever.</li><li>Commitment to Personal Growth: Every team member has an annual budget of $1,250 USD to invest in their professional development. Every team member also has a dedicated Career Advisor, who serves as a guide to help you develop your strengths, identify your motivations, and understand your opportunities for growth.</li><li>Leadership: We have many different types of leaders and possible combinations of leadership roles, so you can grow your career in a way that aligns best with your personal goals. You can seek additional leadership roles by being directly responsible for projects, taking ownership of areas of the company, developing and maintaining internal processes, or pursuing advisory roles.</li><li>Work/Life Balance: Team members have the freedom and flexibility to organize their own work schedules. We want you to thrive both in and out of the office. We trust you to use good judgment and take the time off that you need to bring your best self to work.</li></ul>We also offer paid parental leave, a co-working stipend, office setup reimbursement, and a wellness stipend. More support resources can be found in our, Team Member Support Guide, which explains how we make your well-being a priority. For more information on how we collaborate worldwide, from leadership in our relatively flat organization to start-to-finish ownership, check out DuckDuckGo Culture: How We Work.CompensationAnnual compensation: $145,000 - $173,333 USD and stock options. Hiring ProcessHiring works best when it's a two-way street. Learn how we help you get to know DuckDuckGo and envision your future role here. Find out more about how we hire. Diversity, Equity, and InclusionDuckDuckGo provides equal work opportunities to all team members and applicants, and it prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an email to careers@duckduckgo.com to let us know the nature of your request. If you think you might thrive in this environment, we would love to hear from you. Please note that:<ul><li>Sometimes we meet up! Expect to travel at least two times a year: once for our all-hands meetup and again for a team retreat (each around 4-5 days). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance is optional and you can choose not to meet up in person if that's your preference.</li><li>While we offer a flexible work arrangement with no core hours, expect an average full-time commitment of 40 hours per week. </li><li>A successful candidate will be subject to a background check and must receive satisfactory results of the same, as a condition of joining the team. </li><li>By applying for this role, you confirm that all information submitted is accurate and complete. You further acknowledge that providing false or fraudulent information during the application process is cause for denial of an offer, revocation of any existing offer, or other adverse action, up to and including termination after the start of your commencement of work.</li></ul>

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