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Some teams work in the office full-time, others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely.\nThis position may be a hybrid or fully remote position, as decided by your manager. If designated as hybrid, you’ll divide your time between working remotely from your home and an office location, so you should live within commuting distance. If designated as remote, you’ll be working remotely from your home and may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings. Your hiring manager can share more about this role’s hybrid or remote designation.\nThis position is not eligible to be performed in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands.\nGoDaddy is not currently considering candidates for this role in California, Seattle, or NYC.\nJoin our team...\nAt GoDaddy, we're on a mission to radically shift the global economy toward small businesses by empowering people to easily start, confidently grow, and successfully run their own ventures.\nThe Domain Search team builds the foundational search and discovery infrastructure that powers GoDaddy's domain marketplace and helps millions of entrepreneurs find, evaluate, and manage domain names. 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We value a wide range of backgrounds and transferable skills, and we are excited to support learning and growth.\n\nAbout us... GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all.GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us. \nAt GoDaddy, we know diverse teams build better products-period. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we also know that’s not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That’s why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day-focusing not only on our employee experience, but also our customer experience and operations. It’s the best way to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, and making opportunity more inclusive for all. To read more about these commitments, as well as our representation and pay equity data, check out our Diversity and Pay Parity annual report which can be found on our Diversity Careers page.\nWe also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups (Culture). Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way. \nGoDaddy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. GoDaddy will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements. Refer to our full EEO policy.\nOur recruiting team is available to assist you in completing your application. If they could be helpful, please reach out to . \nColorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.\nGoDaddy doesn’t accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies.\nCompensation & Benefits: \nWhat We Offer: \nWorking at GoDaddy offers many benefits, including competitive pay, generous time off, parental and wellness leave, healthcare, retirement savings program, and much more. 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