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Senior Web Security Engineer, Browser Platform

Location: Remote · Category: Engineering & Development · Seniority: Senior · Posted: May 5, 2026 · Verified: Oct 5, 2026

Role Overview & Description

This Senior Web Security Engineer role on the Security Functional Team executes SERP security mitigations (XSS prevention), manages application security scanning infrastructure, builds harnesses for automated security fixes, and hardens agentic browsing and DuckAI experiences against threats like prompt injection. The engineer conducts browser and sync security audits, delivers internal red-team operations, and supports security triage. Requires 7+ years in web/application security with experience creating agentic harnesses and advanced JavaScript skills.
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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