Senior Backend Engineer
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DuckDuckGoOnline Protection
USA (Remote)Full-TimeSenior
Salary178500 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Required Skills
- Node.jsProject ManagementAlgorithmsData StructuresGoPrompt Engineering
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
- A 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 to validate and articulate decisions
- Previous experience leading and mentoring experienced engineers
Responsibilities
- Lead complex projects across key company-wide objectives
- Write pragmatic, performant, testable code using Perl (Version 5), Go, and Node.js
- Implement AI-assisted answers and integrate them into the Search product
- Deliver improvements to Duck.ai to make it a competitive AI chat alternative
- Implement sophisticated data processing pipelines that maintain search relevancy
- Collaborate remotely with peers to solve product issues
- Formally mentor other engineers, supporting their career growth and the growth of the Backend Team
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