About the Role
- You’ll be required to attend meetings on camera via video conferencing.
- Expect to travel at least two times a year: once for the all-hands meetup and again for a team retreat (each around 4-5 days).
- While there is 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.
What You'll Be Doing
- Collaborate with team members at all levels to identify and solve problems across current product offerings and help pioneer new solutions as the privacy layer for the Internet is built out.
- Level up products through exploring and testing concepts that improve overall experience and increase delight while appealing to a broader audience.
- Apply hands-on design skills to autonomously lead highly impactful projects that scale across millions of users.
- From ideation to execution, assess vague problems, propose high-impact solutions, and execute them against a set of success criteria.
- Have a voice in all product-related design decisions, whether large or small.
- Work on a team dedicated to an ethical, Privacy by Design approach.
What You'll Bring
6+ years of experience in product design roles, including 2+ years in senior-level design positions at significant global consumer brands.
Proficiency in managing projects of varying complexity, from proposal, through execution and release, all while working transparently and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders and contributors.
A knack for pushing creative limits while solving challenging design problems and delivering on delight, craft and exceptional quality.
Ability to communicate visual and interaction recommendations with high-quality mockups, prototypes, and rationale.
Accustomed to applying agentic solutions into every day project management and design execution workflows to both accelerate and raise the quality of work.
Ability to write creative briefs that clearly define and communicate project goals, rationale, and success metrics with stakeholders.
Proficiency in research and experimentation — leveraging both qualitative and quantitative data in driving decisions forward.
Skills to manage ambiguity and wrangle vague problems, propose innovative solutions, and execute them with a focus on metrics.
Ability to take initiative in generating ideas and carrying them forward with urgency and discretion, while working openly and collaboratively.
A willingness to apply experience and expertise in educating, guiding, and supporting others, while serving as a steward to maintain quality of execution across designated areas of design.
Experience participating in multiple areas of the product process including prioritization, strategy, and user testing.
Compensation & Benefits
- $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.
- Eligibility for company-sponsored health benefits is limited to team members based in the United States; this program does not extend to team members located in other countries, such as Canada or the UK.
- The Team Member Support Guide explains how they prioritize wellbeing, including paid parental leave, office setup, and co-working allowances.
Interview Process
- Details on how DuckDuckGo hires and how to envision your future role can be found at https://duckduckgo.com/how-we-hire.
About DuckDuckGo
- DuckDuckGo is an 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.
- Millions use their browser on Mac https://spreadprivacy.com/introducing-duckduckgo-for-mac/, Windows https://spreadprivacy.com/windows-browser-open-beta/, iOS https://spreadprivacy.com/duckduckgo-privacy-browser-ios14/, and Android https://spreadprivacy.com/introducing-app-tracking-protection/, their search engine https://duckduckgo.com/, and Privacy Pro https://spreadprivacy.com/meetprivacypro/.
- culture of trust, inclusivity, and empowered project management underpins everything they do, where each team member takes full ownership of their projects, from scoping and execution to postmortem.