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
Working on the Talent Acquisition Functional Team, you'll play a key role in scaling our capacity to raise the standard of trust online by attracting top talent to our team, and work on related projects to help us improve and scale our hiring process.
As a Senior Technical Recruiter, you'll own end-to-end hiring processes for multiple positions spanning all business functions. Acting as a strategic partner to company leaders, you’ll work across functional teams to deeply understand the skills, technologies, and team dynamics behind every opening. You’ll own end-to-end hiring processes with clarity and care, from role scoping and calibration through to offer, ensuring alignment, efficiency, and a great candidate experience along the way. You’ll be empowered to identify opportunities and drive projects that streamline, improve and strengthen how we hire.
About You
7+ years of experience in talent acquisition, including 3+ years as an in-house recruiter with end-to-end ownership of hiring processes at fast growing tech companies (experience at consumer product companies a plus).
Proven success in hiring for IT openings (e.g. software engineers, site reliability engineers, data scientists) and leadership positions.
Ability to quickly learn new functional fields and apply that knowledge by crafting highly effective hiring strategies and candidate communications.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Experience scoping and executing process improvement initiatives.
Compensation
$178,500 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 commencement of work.
