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Director, Data Science

Location: Remote · Category: Data, AI & Analytics · Seniority: Director · Posted: June 4, 2026 · Verified: Oct 5, 2026

Role Overview & Description

This Director of Data Science role leads the Data Science Functional Team, mentoring data scientists and guiding projects in statistical modeling, experiment design, and classifier implementation across search, instant answers, AI, and revenue optimization. The director collaborates cross-functionally to validate direction through data, owns core metrics like searches and installs, and drives data pipeline improvements while navigating strict privacy constraints. Requires 10+ years in data science/ML engineering with 4+ years leading teams and experience deploying ML/NLP solutions in production.
Source & Transparency: This position was structured directly from the publicly accessible career portal of DuckDuckGo. Details on the employer’s original job posting are authoritative. Polaris7 charges no placement fees and conducts no candidate screening.

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