Senior iOS Engineer

Overview

Hi, we’re DuckDuckGo, the online protection company and remote-first team of 300+ with 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 DuckDuckGo subscription. Our culture emphasizes trust, inclusivity, and empowered project management, 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.

The Opportunity

Role

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.

What You Will Bring To DuckDuckGo

• 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.

How We Will Support You

Our core values — build trust, question assumptions, and validate direction — underpin how we work day-to-day and the support we give our team members. We strive to empower our team members to be self-directed and self-motivated in their work.

• Remote First, Always: We are a fully distributed company with team members all over the world. You will be trusted 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 to help you grow.
• Leadership: You can pursue leadership roles by taking ownership of projects, areas of the company, internal processes, or advisory roles.
• Work/Life Balance: You can organize your own work schedules and take time off as needed to bring your best self to work.

We also offer paid parental leave, a co-working stipend, office setup reimbursement, and a wellness stipend. More resources are in our Team Member Support Guide. For information on how we collaborate worldwide, check out DuckDuckGo Culture: How We Work.

Compensation

Annual compensation for this role is $178,500 USD plus stock options. Compensation is the same within a professional level regardless of location, and transparency applies 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 in other countries.

Hiring Process

Hiring works best when it’s a two-way street. Learn how we help you get to know DuckDuckGo and envision your future role here. Find out more about how we hire.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

DuckDuckGo provides equal work opportunities to all team members and applicants, and it prohibits discrimination and harassment 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 policy or law.

If you need reasonable accommodation during the application process, please email careers@duckduckgo.com with your request.

If you think you might thrive in this environment, we want to hear from you.

Travel, Hours, and Background Check

• Sometimes we meet up! Expect to travel at least twice a year for all-hands and team retreats.
• Flexible work arrangement with no core hours; expect an average 40-hour work week.
• A successful candidate will be subject to a background check.
• By applying, you confirm that all information submitted is accurate and complete.

Disclosure Statement: Use of AI in Hiring Process

We use AI to assist in reviewing and summarizing applications and tests, flag potentially fraudulent applications, and support the recruitment process. Final hiring decisions are made by the hiring team with AI input considered alongside other factors.

Key Principles

• Data Privacy: Personal information is protected and used for recruitment purposes.
• Human Oversight and Accountability: Final evaluations are made by humans, with AI input as a guide.
• Transparency: For questions about AI in recruitment, contact us.

By submitting your application, you acknowledge consent to the use of AI in our review process.

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