Who We Are
Hi, we're DuckDuckGo, the online protection company and remote-first team of 300+ on a mission to raise the standard of trust online. Founded in 2008 and profitable since 2014, annual revenue now exceeds $100m USD and millions use our browser on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android, our search engine, and the latest — Privacy Pro. Our culture of trust, inclusivity, and empowered project management underpins everything we do, where each team member takes full ownership of their projects, from scoping and execution to postmortem. If you're seeking end-to-end ownership of your work — you've come to the right place!
Your Team and Role
You’ll lead the Windows Engineering Functional Team, guiding the development of our flagship desktop browser built on a heavily event driven .NET/WPF architecture. The team thrives on continuous improvement: you’ll coach engineers, shape thear career paths, streamline processes, and help experiments that drive growth.
Recent Projects
“Made AI a first‑class citizen in our browser” in a privacy conscious way.
Running an extensive ad blocking experiment to better understand our user needs
Your Role
As Director you’ll own key domains - like Duck.ai, Extensions, Stability, Performance - and provide technical oversight while steering bold browser experiments. Your daily focus will be:
Coaching & Mentoring – nurture talent, guide career development, and foster a high‑performing culture.
Process Optimization – eliminate bottlenecks, improve velocity, and maintain rigorous quality standards.
Strategic Leadership – translate product vision into executable roadmaps, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and make data‑driven decisions that balance speed, privacy, and user delight.
You’ll shape the future of DuckDuckGo’s desktop experience while building a world‑class engineering team.
About You
Ability to lead and collaborate on high-impact and complex projects from proposal through post-mortem.
Skills to wrangle vague problems, propose innovative solutions, and execute them with a strong focus on metrics and impact.
10+ years experience leading teams of technically strong developers working on large, complex consumer-facing products, desktop in particular.
Proven leadership experience across multiple consumer-facing products — you've made critical decisions that have broad, positive, and cascading impacts.
4+ years experience in senior leadership roles (Director, VP) including people management, coaching, and mentoring experience.
Proven experience of leading technical teams through periods of rapid growth and scaling
Advanced level of .NET core expertise.
Advanced level of WPF expertise
Compensation
$243,800 USD annually and stock options. Compensation is identical within professional levels, regardless of geographic location or team. Compensation for each professional level is transparent across the organization.
Our Team Member Support Guide explains how we prioritize your wellbeing including paid parental leave, office setup, and co-working allowances.
Hiring Process
Hiring works best when it's a two-way street. Learn how we help you get to know DuckDuckGo, envision your future role here, and find out more about how we hire.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
DuckDuckGo 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 careers@duckduckgo.com to let us know the nature of your request.
Please note that:
You’ll be required to attend meetings on camera via video conferencing
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.
While we offer a flexible work arrangement with no core hours, expect an average full-time commitment of 40 hours per week.
A successful candidate must pass a background check as a condition of joining the team.
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
Compensation Range: $243.8K
