Senior Data Scientist

About the role

DuckDuckGo is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to drive product and business impact through statistical modeling, experiment design, and Bayesian marketing analysis. You will take end-to-end ownership of projects ranging from search engine optimization to AI-assisted features within a privacy-first, evidence-based culture. This role requires a track record of leading high-complexity projects from scoping to production.

Responsibilities

• Define core growth metrics and build infrastructure to monitor trends and anomalies.
• Measure the impact of marketing campaigns and translate full-funnel data into actionable decisions.
• Build monitoring pipelines to detect shifts in search traffic patterns.
• Expand evaluation datasets for page context understanding across complex scenarios.
• Improve trigger systems for AI-assisted answers while balancing quality and privacy standards.

Required skills

• Data Science
• Statistical modeling
• Experiment design
• Bayesian analysis
• Python
• SQL
• Query optimization
• Machine Learning

Nice to have

• NLP
• LLMs
• Tableau
• PowerBI

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Data Science
• Track record of leading high-complexity projects from scoping to production

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Office setup allowance
• Co-working allowance
• Stock options

About the Company

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, the company offers a private browser, search engine, and AI tools, with a culture of trust, inclusivity, and empowered project management.