# Staff Data Scientist at DuckDuckGo

- Company: DuckDuckGo
- What the company does: Backed by Lux and USV.
- Company website: http://duckduckgo.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $222K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-19
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/duck-duck-go/9c381171-f346-4d7a-876a-509fe046760f
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/duckduckgo-staff-data-scientist/

## About the role

Working on the Data Science Functional Team, you'll drive product and business impact through improving our search engine ranking and results. Recent projects include: Our data meets rigorous privacy standards and is necessarily sparse, so you'll need to think creatively to surface actionable insights in an evidence-first culture where quantitative rigor is the baseline, not the exception.

## What they're looking for

- Running search-specific projects (ranking, retrieval, or indexing) from scoping to production
- Working with large-scale search infrastructure (e.g. Vespa, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, or Solr)

Tags: Data Science