Job description
Hi, we’re DuckDuckGo, the Internet privacy company for everyone who’s had enough of hidden online tracking and wants to take back their privacy now. For over a decade, we’ve been building our product, including new privacy technology, and working with policymakers to make online privacy simple and accessible for all.
Our app is now downloaded more than 50M times a year, and our private search engine packaged with it has become the #2 search engine on mobile in the U.S., Canada, Australia and the Netherlands. Oh, and we’ve been profitable since 2014 with revenue currently exceeding $100 million a year! Now we’re rolling out major new features, such as Email Protection and App Tracking Protection, and we’re also working on a desktop browser version of our app for Windows and macOS.
We’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Coordinator to help shape our hiring process and join our mission to show the world that protecting your privacy online can be simple.
The Opportunity
In this role, you will help us hire the people moving DuckDuckGo into the future. You will be at the forefront of our candidate experience, ensuring that everyone has a positive experience, regardless of whether or not they’re successful in our hiring process. You will:
Coordinate the logistics of our hiring process: scheduling interviews, assigning test projects to relevant reviewers, and handling external project payments.
Streamlining the coordination process for gains in efficiency.
Responding to prospective candidates and managing our Careers inbox.
Managing job postings on external career sites.
Partnering with Recruiters and our Hiring Managers to reduce bias, raise quality of hires and efficiency of the hiring process.
Researching potential partnerships, sponsorships, and opportunities to market our careers to tech affinity groups.
What You Will Bring to DuckDuckGo
Ability to collaborate on high-impact projects from proposal through post-mortem.
Ability to identify challenges and where improvements could be made.
Thoroughness and attention to detail.
Strong communication skills.
Ability and willingness to handle repetitive tasks.
Ability to handle multiple coordination tasks concurrently.
Ability to lead projects of medium complexity.
Experience automating and streamlining tasks.
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’ve always been a fully distributed company with team members all over the world. We trust you to get your work done wherever, whenever.
Commitment to Personal Growth: Every team member has an annual budget of $1,250 USD to invest in their professional development. Every team member also has a dedicated Career Advisor, who serves as a guide to help you develop your strengths, identify your motivations, and understand your opportunities for growth.
Leadership: We have many different types of leaders and possible combinations of leadership roles, so you can grow your career in a way that aligns best with your personal goals. You can seek additional leadership roles by being directly responsible for projects, taking ownership of areas of the company, developing and maintaining internal processes, or pursuing advisory roles.
Work/Life Balance: Team members have the freedom and flexibility to organize their own work schedules. We want you to thrive both in and out of the office. We trust you to use good judgment and take the time off that you need 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 support resources can be found in our, Team Member Support Guide, which explains how we make your well-being a priority.
For more information on how we collaborate worldwide, from leadership in our relatively flat organization to start-to-finish ownership, check out DuckDuckGo Culture: How We Work.
Compensation
Annual compensation: $80,000 USD and stock options.