DuckDuckGo - We are looking for candidates that are excited to join us on a mission to raise the standard of trust online. All of our roles are fully-remote, except where specific locations are noted. https://duckduckgo.com/hiring
Remote Open Roles at DuckDuckGo:
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Senior Backend Engineer
Senior Software Engineer, Windows Desktop App
Principal Site Reliability Engineer
Senior People Operations Manager
Director, Public Policy
Holy crap, really?!
That’s actually an extremely attractive proposition to work in a Perl shop. It’s the same deal as Lisp or Haskell or Erlang shops: you know you’ll be surrounded by top notch talent!
I think that’s really weird. Perl was mostly replaced by PHP, and nobody thinks PHP programmers are any good.
That's not very sound logic.
Yeah you can’t replace a medieval torture device with a server side scripting language. It just doesn’t make any sense.
I understand your angle but the reason is not in the language's technicality but in the community and its culture. Most Perl speakers are seasoned hackers who are great at low level programming and use Perl when C was an overkill; their documentation skills are also noteworthy. Just my observation; I've read Perl docs (just type ('perldoc perltoc') if you're on a non-Windows box) and giggled at some of the funny remarks and admired pithy writing.
Wrong.
Perl was my first programming language. After more than two decades, it is still the language I feel the most efficient in. Glad to see Perl is still alive and kicking !
It was my first language, too, that I learned to write “serious” programs in. I just didn’t think a prominent modern company would choose Perl as their main language. Props to them.
Such choices always come down to personal preferences of tech founders.
I wrote my first web apps in Perl, way back in the 90's! "use CGI" anyone?
Just want to say that your remote-first culture and compensation structure is admirable. Kudos to you and the entire company!
Although it is concerning they post the same openings again and again.
thank you!