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YOUR TEAM AND ROLE

Working on the Law & Policy Functional Team, you’ll support DuckDuckGo’s global compliance and safety obligations by translating legal and regulatory requirements into repeatable and scalable, day-to-day operational practices. As a Compliance & Safety Specialist, you’ll work closely with engineering, product and legal to build, operate and continuously improve workflows for content, online safety and privacy compliance. Potential projects include:

1. Building cross-functional AI safety support processes, including contributing to AI governance and to the data labeling and metrics used to evaluate our products.

2. Managing and improving the CSAM moderation workflow for AI image uploads.

3. Enhancing our privacy compliance program.

In this role, you’ll take ownership of solving complex and ambiguous operational problems, such as translating evolving frameworks for online safety, AI, and privacy into practical processes and metrics, including in situations where requirements change quickly or lack clear precedent. You’ll also proactively identify risks, dependencies, and blockers to keep compliance capabilities aligned with rapid product development, while reducing reactive legal work through clear documentation, tooling, and automation.

ABOUT YOU

– 4+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, audit, content moderation, trust & safety, or a similar role.

– 2+ years working in a role that involved exposure to sensitive issues and offensive/disturbing content.

– Tech experience and/or experience of Digital Regulation, with the ability to convert regulatory and policy requirements into pragmatic operational practices.

– Strong judgment in handling sensitive or ambiguous situations.

– Ability to manage multiple compliance or safety tasks concurrently while maintaining quality, accountability, and momentum.

– Comfortable working autonomously and in collaboration with team members cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment, taking guidance as needed from other members of the legal team.

Please note this role will involve some exposure to sensitive content, including material that is sexual, violent, or otherwise disturbing.

COMPENSATION

$145,500 USD annually and stock options. Compensation is identical within professional levels https://duckduckgo.com/how-we-work, regardless of geographic location or team. Compensation for each professional level is transparent 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 located in other countries, such as Canada or the UK.

Our Team Member Support Guide https://duckduckgo.com/assets/hiring/team_support_guide.pdf explains how we prioritize your wellbeing including paid parental leave, office setup, and co-working allowances.

HIRING PROCESS

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

DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

DuckDuckGo provides equal work opportunities to all team members and applicants, and it prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type 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 our policies or federal, state, or local laws.

We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an email to careers@duckduckgo.com to let us know the nature of your request.

PLEASE NOTE THAT:

1. You’ll be required to attend meetings on camera via video conferencing

2. Expect to travel at least two times a year: once for our all-hands meetup and again for