Teams at DuckDuckGo

As a Senior Backend Engineer at DuckDuckGo, you'll lead backend projects, mentor engineers, and develop AI-enhanced features for the company's privacy-centric product line.

Lead and scale complex product partnerships end-to-end, sourcing, negotiating, and operationalizing strategic deals that enhance DuckDuckGo products (search, Duck.ai, subscriptions). Work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Legal, and Finance to build first-of-their-kind integrations, create playbooks, manage partner portfolios, and drive distribution and user engagement for AI-related services.

Lead FP&A and strategic finance initiatives, including financial modeling for product expansion, monetization, marketing ROI, M&A, and strategic investments. Own forecasts, long-term planning, variance analysis, user metrics, P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and headcount reporting. Partner with leadership on profitability and investment decisions while improving recurring finance workflows through automation, AI tools, and BI platforms.