Senior Product Design Engineer

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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, Android, and the latest privacy product lines. Our culture is built on trust, inclusivity, and empowered project management where each team member owns their projects from scoping 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 Design Functional Team, this role is design-first, leveraging your product design expertise and obsession with craft to help us maintain quality across our products, including Duck.ai, native apps, search and related projects. You’ll prototype in code to production standard, collaborating with engineers as a peer to ensure execution meets the design bar. As our 2nd Design Engineer you’ll have leadership opportunities to shape the role and discipline! As a Senior Product Design Engineer, you'll collaborate across levels to solve problems in our current products and pioneer new ones as we build the privacy layer for the Internet. You'll autonomously lead high-impact projects at scale from ideation to execution with a voice in product design decisions large and small. About You 1. 7+ years in product design roles, including 2+ years senior-level at significant global consumer brands 2. Pushes creative limits on hard design problems, delivering delight, craft, and exceptional quality 3. Communicates visual and interaction recommendations through high-quality mockups, rationale, prototypes, and specific motion variables 4. Partners with engineers as a peer — reasoning about decisions in PR reviews, contributing code where it raises design quality 5. Prototypes in code to a production standard, with an understanding of semantic markup and accessibility, leveraging but not relying on AI 6. Experience structuring a design system beyond component inventory: token layering, primitive vs. semantic naming, design-to-code parity 7. Proficient in research and experimentation, using both qualitative and quantitative data, comfortable instrumenting your own work 8. Experience participating in multiple areas of the product process including prioritization, strategy, and user testing 9. Takes initiative - generates ideas and carries them forward with urgency and discretion, while working openly 10. Experience defining requirements and building tools that accelerate design and engineering workflows while retaining design system quality and consistency COMPENSATION $178,500 USD annually and stock options. Compensation is identical within professional levels regardless of location. Eligible for US-based health benefits only. Travel and well-being resources described in linked documents. Hiring process mentions AI disclosure and privacy. HIRING PROCESS Two-way street approach; information about how we hire linked in text. DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION DuckDuckGo promotes equal opportunities and provides accommodations on request via careers@duckduckgo.com. PLEASE NOTE THAT: 1. Meetings on camera required 2. Travel at least twice a year for all-hands and team retreats 3. Flexible work arrangement with no core hours; expect ~40 hours/week 4. Background check required 5. Honesty in application materials DISCLOSURE STATEMENT: USE OF AI IN HIRING PROCESS We use AI to assist in review and summaries; final decisions are made by humans.