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DuckDuckGoSenior Data Scientist
DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused online company whose remote-first staff exceeds 300 people. Its offerings include desktop and mobile browsers, a search engine, a paid subscription and…
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DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused online company whose remote-first staff exceeds 300 people. Its offerings include desktop and mobile browsers, a search engine, a paid subscription and Duck.ai, an optional AI chat product. The remote, full-time post is a senior role for data science work, guiding product and business choices via modeling, experiment planning, Bayesian marketing studies and classifiers. Current projects include defining core growth measures and building monitoring for trends…
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DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused online company whose remote-first staff exceeds 300 people. Its offerings include desktop and mobile browsers, a search engine, a paid subscription and Duck.ai, an optional AI chat product. The remote, full-time post is a senior role for data science work, guiding product and business choices via modeling, experiment planning, Bayesian marketing studies and classifiers.
Current projects include defining core growth measures and building monitoring for trends and anomalies, evaluating campaigns for Duck.ai, detecting sudden changes in search traffic, widening evaluation sets for page context across complicated browsing, and tuning when AI-generated answers show up in search. Because user data is privacy-protected and often thin, the scientist has to find clever ways to surface useful signal in an evidence-first culture. Each team member owns their work from scoping through execution and postmortem.
Seven-plus years in data science are expected, along with a history of carrying intricate projects from planning to launch with limited direction. Candidates should also be able to do at least two of the following: deploy machine learning in production, build NLP systems, work with LLMs including fine-tuning and LLM-as-judge, or run Bayesian marketing analysis. Strong production Python, advanced SQL, experience with columnar stores such as BigQuery, ClickHouse, Redshift or Druid, and experiment design are needed. Tableau or Power BI skills are a bonus. Pay is $178,500 USD per year plus stock options, equal for all team members at the same level and region. Company health coverage is limited to team members in the United States.
Responsibilities
- Define core growth metrics and build the infrastructure to track trends and anomalies
- Measure the impact of major Duck.ai marketing campaigns and turn full-funnel data into decisions
- Create monitoring pipelines that catch sudden shifts in search traffic
- Grow test sets used to judge how well page context gets interpreted
- Improve triggers that decide when AI-assisted answers appear in search
- Design, run and analyze experiments across product areas
- Work with product teams and help raise overall team output
Requirements
- Seven or more years of data science experience
- Experience steering intricate projects end to end with little oversight
- Two or more of: ML deployment, NLP, LLM work, Bayesian marketing analysis
- Production-quality Python, or another high-level language at that standard
- Advanced SQL and query optimization
- Ability to draw insights from sparse or privacy-limited data
Qualifications
- Experience with columnar databases such as BigQuery, ClickHouse, Redshift or Druid
- BI tool experience with Tableau or Power BI
- Experience with AI-assisted development
Core Skills
Benefits
- Stock options
- Paid parental leave plus stipends for home office setup and co-working
- Company health coverage for U.S.-based staff
Frequently Asked Questions
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Is this Senior Data Scientist role remote?
Yes. The posting describes the company as remote-first and lists the role as remote and full-time.
What is the compensation?
The posting lists $178,500 USD annually plus stock options. Pay is the same for everyone at the same level and global region.
How much experience is required?
The posting asks for at least seven years of data science experience, including a record of leading complex projects from scoping to production.
Are health benefits available outside the United States?
No. Company-sponsored health coverage is restricted to U.S.-based staff, per the posting.
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