Engineering Director, Backend Job at DuckDuckGo

Director Platform/Backend Engineering

As a Director you will lead, build and own complex data pipelines dealing with p...

Location

India , Delhi NCR

Salary:

Not provided

Balbix

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

PhD, Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in computer science
12+ years of software development experience with at least 5 years of focus in frameworks/platform development
5+ years of experience of managing development teams across different geographies on complex customer facing data-driven applications
5+ years of experience in setting up effective development processes and mechanisms to deliver products
5+ years experience in design, architecture and development of complex distributed systems and frameworks
5+ years of programming experience in at least one language such as Java, C++, Go, Rust, Python etc
5+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
Experience working with product managers to develop short term and long term product roadmaps
Commitment to building and mentoring inclusive teams and team culture
Strong problem-solving skills, analytical capability and a pragmatic approach to business

Job Responsibility

Lead the definition, design, architecture, implementation, and delivery of the backend/api platform
Build a cross-functional team of engineers in delivering backend for distributed applications
Establish development processes and best practices for backend engineering and be the change agent to foster innovation and improve developer productivity
Effectively track and manage changing priorities to bring clarity in priorities and balance long term projects with critical/urgent customer issues
Establish technical vision for backend product teams to meet strategic needs of Balbix and own end to end delivery and implementation plans
Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including customers, vendors, auditors and regulators
Deliver scalable, performant and highly secure architecture that meets current and future business needs of products with a keen eye for COGS
Actively mentor Principal and Senior engineers to develop and groom talent

Fulltime

Director of Engineering

Kiddom is seeking a hands-on Director of Engineering to lead key parts of our en...

Location

United States , San Francisco

Salary:

Not provided

Kiddom

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

10+ years in software engineering
5+ years leading and scaling teams in a SaaS environment
Has managed multiple teams working on a range of products
Strong background in building and operating distributed systems and cloud-native platforms
Experience delivering products that leverage AI/ML (for example, recommendations, automation, analytics) or working closely with data science/ML teams
Familiarity with modern data pipelines, security best practices, and observability
Comfortable diving into technical discussions and guiding teams on trade-offs, even if you are not writing code daily
Be able to be ‘in the weeds’ with the engineers driving technical decisions

Job Responsibility

Own delivery for a portfolio of product and platform areas, ensuring your teams ship high-quality software on time
Help define and drive adoption of engineering best practices
Contribute to technical decision-making on architecture, frameworks, and key platform investments
Lead, coach, and grow engineering managers and senior engineers across backend, frontend, DevOps, data, and AI-adjacent teams
Implement and refine processes for planning, estimation, documentation, and cross-team collaboration
Partner with the engineering leadership on career ladders, performance management, and succession planning within engineering
Work with Product, Data, and Curriculum teams to deliver AI-powered features that improve personalization, grading, insights, and curriculum recommendations
Help teams integrate AI capabilities into existing workflows in ways that are intuitive, reliable, and impactful for educators and students
Partner with platform and SRE teams to improve CI/CD pipelines, observability, and cloud cost efficiency
Work with data engineering to design and maintain scalable, well-modeled data pipelines that power AI and analytics features

What we offer

Competitive salary
Meaningful equity
Health insurance benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance
One Medical membership (in participating locations)
Flexible vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use 4 weeks off per year.
10 paid sick days per year (pro rated depending on start date)
Paid holidays
Paid bereavement leave
Paid family leave after birth/adoption. Minimum of 16 paid weeks for birthing parents, 10 weeks for caretaker parents. Meant to supplement benefits offered by State.
Commuter and FSA plans

Fulltime

Director of AI Engineering

We are entering a hyper-growth phase of AI innovation and are hiring a Director ...

Location

Canada; United States

Salary:

300000.00 - 450000.00 USD / Year

Apollo.io

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

10–15+ years in software engineering, with significant leadership experience owning AI/ML or applied LLM systems at scale
Proven history shipping LLM-powered features, agentic workflows, or AI assistants used by real customers in production
Deep understanding of LLM orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex), RAG pipelines, vector search, embeddings, and prompt engineering
Expert in backend & distributed systems (Python strongly preferred) and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP)
Strong experience with telemetry, observability, and cost-aware real-time inference optimizations
Demonstrated ability to lead senior engineers, define technical roadmaps, and deliver outcomes aligned to business metrics
Experience building or scaling teams working on experimentation, optimization, personalization, or ML-powered growth systems
Exceptional ability to simplify complex problems, set clear standards, and drive alignment across Product, Data, Design, and Engineering
Strong product sense, ability to weigh novelty vs. impact, focus on user value, and prioritize speed with guardrails
Fluent in integrating AI tools into engineering workflows for code generation, debugging, delivery velocity, and operational efficiency

Job Responsibility

Define the multi-year technical vision for Apollo’s AI stack, spanning agents, orchestration, inference, retrieval, and platformization
Prioritize high-impact AI investments by partnering with Product, Design, Research, and Data leaders to align engineering outcomes with business goals
Establish technical standards, evaluation criteria, and success metrics for every AI-powered feature shipped
Lead the architecture and deployment of long-horizon autonomous agents, multi-agent workflows, and API-driven orchestration frameworks
Build reusable, scalable agentic components that power GTM workflows like research, enrichment, sequencing, lead scoring, routing, and personalization
Own the evolution of Apollo’s internal LLM platform for high-scale, low-latency, cost-optimized inference
Oversee model-driven experiences for natural-language interfaces, RAG pipelines, semantic search, personalized recommendations, and email intelligence
Partner with Product & Design to build intuitive conversational UX that hides underlying complexity while elevating user productivity
Implement rigorous evaluation frameworks, including offline benchmarking, human-in-the-loop review, and online A/B experimentation
Ensure robust observability, monitoring, and safety guardrails for all AI systems in production

What we offer

Equity
Company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
401(k) plan
At least 10 paid holidays per year
Flex PTO
Parental leave
Employee assistance program and wellbeing benefits
Global travel coverage
Life/AD&D/STD/LTD insurance
FSA/HSA

Fulltime

Freelancing

A few years ago we started our 'DEPT® Freelance Community': a group of selected ...

Location

Netherlands , Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Veenendaal, Zwolle, Maastricht

Salary:

Not provided

BASIC/DEPT®

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Software Engineers
Frontend, Backend and Full-stack Developers
Visual, UX, UI and Service Designers
Motion Designers
Data Engineers
Product Managers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Business Managers
Content Creators
Creative Art Directors
Project Managers
fluency in English

What we offer

become part of the DEPT® family
doors of our offices are always wide open for you
work with the coolest brands from all over the world
big enough to provide you with the best tools, global opportunities, and benefits that help you thrive
acting small by investing in you, your growth, your team, and giving you the autonomy to solve our clients problems

Vp of engineering

We’re looking for a highly experienced VP Engineering to lead Hypervolt’s cloud,...

Location

United Kingdom , London

Salary:

Not provided

Hypervolt Limited

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Senior engineering leadership experience (Director / VP level) in cloud and platform engineering
Strong background in distributed systems and AWS-based architectures
Experience operating real-time, event-driven systems at significant scale
Proven ability to collaborate effectively with hardware and firmware teams
Track record of building and scaling engineering organisations
Strong technical judgment and delivery focus

Job Responsibility

Lead and scale engineering teams across cloud infrastructure, backend services, data platforms, and applications
Translate company and product strategy into clear engineering roadmaps and execution plans
Own delivery, quality, reliability, and operational excellence across cloud and application platforms
Establish strong technical ownership, delivery cadence, and engineering standards
Provide technical leadership across Hypervolt’s AWS-based microservices architecture
Own the evolution and reliability of UltraGrid, Hypervolt’s cloud operating system for connected assets
Ensure low-latency, bi-directional control and automation of devices at scale
Drive platform scalability, performance, security, and cost efficiency
Oversee large-scale telemetry ingestion via highly available MQTT brokers handling 6+ billion messages per day
Guide streaming pipelines using Apache Pulsar and data storage across DynamoDB and Google BigQuery

What we offer

A senior leadership role at the centre of Hypervolt’s platform strategy
Ownership of cloud systems operating at real-world, grid scale
Close partnership with the CTO and senior leadership team
The opportunity to build infrastructure that shapes the future of energy

Director, Software Engineering

As the Director of Engineering, you will be at the very heart of BlackLine’s eng...

Location

India , Bengaluru

Salary:

Not provided

BlackLine

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

16 or more years of relevant industry experience
Significant tenure with a US product company with experience in global engineering practices
8 or more years of experience in managing software engineering teams, internal infrastructure, developer tools, or distributed computing infrastructure
3 or more years of direct Engineering Management or DevOps, with hands-on leadership experience, including continuous builds and deployments, continuous integration, log collection and analysis, performance monitoring and tuning, as well as security
5 or more years of direct experience in Agile Methodologies, processes, and best practices
7 or more years of recent experience in supervisory positions, directing and managing employees either directly or through subordinate management staff
Recent experience in a director-level role overseeing software engineering in large-scale organizations focused on Web Applications/SaaS
Excellent leadership skills showing commitment, strategic foresight and planning, integrity, and moving the team and organization towards continual success
Highly communicative leader who can reduce inefficiencies and ensure clarity
Proven ability to mentor leaders within the organization to create additional leadership opportunities for staff, as well as allowing the ability to separate tactical vs. strategic thinkers

Job Responsibility

Deeply technical hands-on knowledge of SDLC, Design Patterns, Automation Testing, Agile Methodologies, CI/CD Concepts, best practices, and Cloud-based initiatives
Provide technical and operational leadership, with a demonstrated ability to lead at all levels
Ability to proactively anticipate challenges, and see around the corner for future obstacles
Manage a team of Frontend and Backend Engineers, Scrum Masters, and Managers, focusing on effective prioritization of work while balancing quality and delivery, all in the clear focus of understanding our clients’ needs and delivering solutions for those needs
Lead and contribute to solutions for complex technical challenges related to developer and engineering productivity, quality assurance and controls, and delivery velocity
Passionate about the technical and business opportunities that our customers’ problems and needs present
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the application and business use cases, mentoring this knowledge throughout this position’s direct reports
Drive adoption and champion best practices in code health, sound architecture and design, testing (TDD/BDD), CI/CD, maintainability, and deliverability
Oversee the development of platform capabilities, SaaS-based components and APIs, tools, processes, and other facets as needed to streamline development, reduce time to delivery, increase quality, and promote a culture of excellence within the organization
Spearhead the development, integration, and lifecycle of mature engineering processes, suites, and tools, driving the application and organization to a modern, automated, and continually tested approach

What we offer

A technology-based company with a sense of adventure and a vision for the future
A culture that is kind, open, and accepting
A culture where BlackLiner's continued growth and learning is empowered
BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity

Fulltime

Director of Trust & Safety Engineering

We are looking for a Director of Trust & Safety Engineering to join our Security...

Location

United States , San Francisco

Salary:

200000.00 - 300000.00 USD / Year

Vercel

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

10+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on security or trust & safety
5+ years leading large, multi-disciplinary technical teams
Proven success building and scaling engineering organizations that deliver safety, security, or fraud prevention systems at global scale
Strong technical expertise in backend systems, distributed infrastructure, or data engineering, ideally within developer or platform ecosystems
Deep understanding of platform abuse, AI-generated fraud, automation-based misuse, and emerging risks in large-scale developer platforms
Experience designing or overseeing real-time detection and enforcement systems that use data analytics, automation, or machine learning
Skilled in building alignment between engineering, product, and policy stakeholders to operationalize Trust & Safety initiatives
Demonstrated ability to hire, mentor, and grow high-performing engineering and Trust & Safety teams
Strong judgment balancing innovation, platform reliability, and user safety in a fast-moving environment

Job Responsibility

Lead engineering teams that design, build, and operate systems to detect and prevent platform abuse, fraudulent usage, and malicious activity across the Vercel ecosystem
Develop and maintain detection pipelines that identify fraud and abuse, including AI-generated activity such as synthetic accounts, automated misuse, and malicious or spam content deployed via AI tools
Build systems that protect against billing and credit abuse, compromised accounts, and resource exploitation within Vercel’s platform and infrastructure
Partner with Product, Security, Legal, Finance and Infrastructure teams to embed Trust & Safety program and fraud prevention capabilities directly into developer workflows and core platform architecture
Create automated enforcement and remediation workflows that act on suspicious or confirmed fraudulent or abusive behavior in real time, maintaining a strong balance between platform protection and developer experience
Drive the architecture and data strategy for trust signals, anomaly detection, and AI-driven abuse scoring systems
Collaborate with Legal, Support, and Policy teams to ensure compliance with global regulations while maintaining transparency and fairness in enforcement actions
Oversee the Trust & Safety operations team responsible for policy enforcement, incident response, and user protection
Mentor and grow engineers and Trust & Safety specialists, fostering a culture of technical excellence, transparency, and accountability

What we offer

Competitive compensation package, including equity
Inclusive Healthcare Package
Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills
Flexible Time Off
We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed

Fulltime

Product Manager

As a Product Manager at Calibrate, you will sit at the center of a mission-drive...

Location

United States

Salary:

115000.00 - 140000.00 USD / Year

Calibrate

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

2-4 years of product management experience, with a proven ability to manage complex products that involve multiple stakeholders and user types
Exceptional ability to synthesize feedback from clinicians, coaches, and members into a single, cohesive product narrative
A "no task is too small" attitude and a drive to solve problems in a fast-paced, evolving healthcare landscape
A data-first mindset with a sharp eye for detail
you are comfortable diving into the weeds of product analytics to uncover insights and have a disciplined approach to ensuring every edge case is accounted for before launch
Experience with Jira and Google Suite (Slides, Sheets, Docs)
Prior experience navigating digital health or another similarly complex, highly-regulated industry (e.g., FinTech or InsurTech) preferred
Familiarity with SQL, Looker, Mixpanel, or other data visualization tools, allowing you to independently query data and validate hypotheses and a basic understanding of APIs and the difference between frontend and backend engineering work preferred

Job Responsibility

Holistic Roadmap Strategy: Collaborate with the Director of Product to align cross-functional efforts into a unified product vision that serves the member and internal teams at every stage of the Calibrate journey
End-to-End Optimization: Identify friction points across the entire member journey by facilitating user research with members and internal teams, analyzing user feedback and product insights, and shipping solutions iteratively that streamline the experience
Cross-Team-Collaboration: Work closely with Engineering, Design, Clinical and Coaching Operations, Analytics, Sales, Marketing and Member Support to ensure that our technology enables a seamless care model
Outcome-Oriented Growth: Monitor holistic health markers and engagement metrics to ensure that product updates are driving actual results for our members and unit economics goals
Operational Excellence: Drive team transparency by managing weekly meeting agendas and materials, triaging and communicating bug resolutions, and drafting high-impact release updates to keep all stakeholders aligned on our progress
Delivery: Work closely as a Product, Design and Engineering trio to align on feature scope and write tickets that break down features into smaller iterative chunks

What we offer

Enjoy a generous paid time off policy, including multiple paid company holidays, wellness days, and floating holidays to support your work-life blend
Medical, dental, and vision benefit options to keep you and your family healthy
Calibrate-funded disability and basic life insurance, ensuring peace of mind during unforeseen events
Access to several wellness programs, including a complimentary Headspace membership, and therapy on your schedule with Headspace Care
Employee Assistance Program through Prudential to receive counseling on a wide range of topics
Remote-first ways of working, with the flexibility to work from any state
Competitive paid parental leave program to support new parents

Fulltime

Engineering Director, Backend

DuckDuckGo

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Category:
IT - Software Development

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Job Posted:
February 14, 2026

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