Engineering Director, Network Protection

Engineering Director, Network Protection (Worldwide Remote)

Job description
Hi, we're DuckDuckGo, the Internet privacy company for everyone who wants to take back their privacy now. For over a decade, weve been building our product, including 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 search engine on mobile in over 21 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, and the Netherlands. Oh, and weve 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 Engineering Director, Network Protection 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 Opportunity
In this role, you will be responsible for designing and implementing our Network Protection initiative through beta and production phases while coordinating and collaborating with our Product team on road mapping, prioritizing engineering efforts, and setting/achieving milestones.
As a leader, you will advise, empower and coordinate other engineers on platform design, review code and technical designs related to the backend, client, and infrastructure, and mentor other technical leads in their personal development. As a technical expert, you will work closely with the engineering team to triage production issues to craft appropriate solutions, including code changes, performance, and architecture considerations.


What You Will Bring to DuckDuckGo

 
7+ years Back End software engineering experience, programming with Go, Rust, C/C+, or other relevant language.
 
Experience leading, empowering, and supporting multiple teams of engineers while building trust.
 
Experience building and managing VPN or VPN-like services at scale.
 
Experience with WireGuard or other VPN protocols
 
Experience mentoring and growing other technical leaders.
 
Experience owning and managing complex large-scale deployments.
 
Moderate to advanced systems or network programming experience.
 
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.



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.

 
Remote First, Always: Weve always been a fully distributed company with team members all over the world. We trust you to get your work done wherever, whenever.
 
Commitment to Personal Growth: Every team member has an annual budget of $1,250 USD to invest in their professional development. For team members in designated leadership roles, we offer reimbursement for leadership coaching services. The reimbursement amount varies by professional level. 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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.



Compensation
Annual compensation: $220,000 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 Process
Hiring works best when its a two-way street. Learn how we help you get to know DuckDuckGo and envision your future role here. 


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.
If you think you might thrive in this environment, we would love to hear from you.


Please note that:

 
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.
 
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 will be subject to a background check and must receive satisfactory results of the same, 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 commencement of work.