Compensation is the same within a professional levelregardless of geographic location or functional areaand the compensation for each professional level is transparent across the organization.

Who We Are

Hiwe're DuckDuckGothe 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 2014annual revenue now exceeds $100m USD and millions use our browser on MacWindowsiOSand Androidour search engineand the latest — Privacy Pro. Our culture of trustinclusivityand empowered project management underpins everything we dowhere each team member takes full ownership of their projectsfrom 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 Teamguiding 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 engineersshape thear career pathsstreamline processesand help experiments that drive growth.

Recent Projects

1. “Made AI a first‑class citizen in our browser” in a privacy conscious way.

2. Running an extensive ad blocking experiment to better understand our user needs

Your Role

As Director you’ll own key domains - like Duck.aiExtensionsStabilityPerformance - and provide technical oversight while steering bold browser experiments. Your daily focus will be:

1. Coaching & Mentoring – nurture talentguide career developmentand foster a high‑performing culture.

2. Process Optimization – eliminate bottlenecksimprove velocityand maintain rigorous quality standards.

3. Strategic Leadership – translate product vision into executable roadmapscollaborate with cross‑functional teamsand make data‑driven decisions that balance speedprivacyand user delight.

You’ll shape the future of DuckDuckGo’s desktop experience while building a world‑class engineering team.

About You

1. Ability to lead and collaborate on high-impact and complex projects from proposal through post-mortem.

2. Skills to wrangle vague problemspropose innovative solutionsand execute them with a strong focus on metrics and impact.

3. 10+ years experience leading teams of technically strong developers working on largecomplex consumer-facing productsdesktop in particular.

4. Proven leadership experience across multiple consumer-facing products — you've made critical decisions that have broadpositiveand cascading impacts.

5. 4+ years experience in senior leadership roles (DirectorVP) including people managementcoachingand mentoring experience.

6. Proven experience of leading technical teams through periods of rapid growth and scaling

7. Advanced level of .NET core expertise.

8. Advanced level of WPF expertise

Compensation

$243,800 USD annually and stock options. Compensation is identical within professional levelsregardless 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 leaveoffice setupand co-working allowances.

Hiring Process

Hiring works best when it's a two-way street. Learn how we help you get to know DuckDuckGoenvision your future role hereand find out more about how we hire.

DiversityEquity 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 racecolorethnicitycastereligionagesex (including pregnancy)national origindisability statusgeneticsprotected veteran statussexual orientationgender identity or expressionor any other characteristic protected by our policies or federalstateor 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 disabilityplease send an email to [email protected] to let us know the nature of your request.

Please note that:

1. You’ll be required to attend meetings on camera via video conferencing

2. 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 attendanceeveryone is strongly encouraged to attend.

3. While we offer a flexible work arrangement with no core hoursexpect an average full-time commitment of 40 hours per week.

4. A successful candidate must pass a background check as a condition of joining the team.

5. By applying for this roleyou 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 offerrevocation of any existing offeror other adverse actionup to and including termination after the start of your

Compensation Range: $243.8K