Senior iOS Engineer

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Hi, we’re Duck Duck Go , 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 Duck Duck Go  subscription. 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!

We’re looking for a Senior iOS Engineer to help shape our all-in-one privacy solution and join our mission to show the world that protecting your privacy online can be simple.

In this role, you will autonomously lead highly impactful projects that scale across millions of users from proposal through to postmortem, assessing vague problems, proposing high-impact solutions, and executing them against a set of success criteria. You will also:

• Step up to resolve product issues – large and small.
• Identify opportunities to increase searches and enhance the standard of trust online.
• Own major application features and take responsibility for their maintenance and improvement over time.
• Collaborate with peers remotely during product brainstorms, technical design discussions, pair‑programming sessions, and code reviews.
• Write pragmatic, performant, and testable code that works consistently across devices.
• Always work to improve the quality of the codebase.

• Ability to lead and collaborate on high-impact and complex projects from proposal through post-mortem.
• Skills to wrangle vague problems, propose innovative solutions, and execute them with a strong focus on metrics.
• Significant iOS engineering experience (7+ years), with experience working on at least two large native iOS applications.
• Experience programming in Swift.
• Deep understanding of software design patterns such as MVVM, MVP, etc., mobile threading, and memory management, and how they apply to mobile applications.
• A fundamental understanding of complex data structures and algorithms.
• Ability to leverage both quantitative and qualitative data and to collaborate with a cross‑functional team to develop effective UX solutions.
• Excellent communication skills. You can validate your decisions and communicate them clearly.

• Remote First, Always:
  We trust you to get your work done wherever, and whenever.
• Commitment to Personal Growth:
  Every team member has an annual budget of $1,250 USD to invest in professional development and a dedicated Career Advisor.
• Leadership Opportunities:
  You can grow your career by taking responsibility for projects, developing internal processes, or pursuing advisory roles.
• Work/Life Balance:
  Flexible schedules to thrive both in and out of the office.
• Paid parental leave, a co-working stipend, office setup reimbursement, and a wellness stipend.

Annual compensation for this role is $178,500 USD plus stock options. Compensation is the same within a professional level, regardless of geographic location or functional area, and the 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.

Learn how we help you get to know Duck Duck Go  and envision your future role here. Find out more about how we hire.

Duck Duck Go  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.

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