Brave · 2 months ago
Sr. Software Engineer - Privacy
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expBrave is on a mission to protect the human right to privacy online. We are hiring a senior software engineer for the Brave browser privacy engineering team to work on browser privacy, security, and website compatibility, focusing on implementing privacy-enhancing features and debugging web interactions.
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Responsibilities
Prototyping and implementing privacy-enhancing features in C++ for Brave browser (based on Chromium)
Reverse-engineering and debugging parts of the Web (JavaScript, HTML, CSS) that interact badly with Brave’s cutting-edge privacy protections (example: digging into website functionality that breaks because of Brave’s anti-fingerprinting mitigations)
Developing both categorical improvements and fixing individual websites when it comes to privacy and website compatibility for Brave browser
Qualification
Required
Expert in C++ and JavaScript. At least 5 years of experience is preferred
Happy debugging and reverse engineering complex JavaScript
Very comfortable working and communicating async with a geographically-distributed software development team
Familiarity with Web technologies and the Web security model
Be comfortable diving into an extremely large, unfamiliar and complex codebase
Proficiency working with Git and comfortable working on GitHub
Preferred
Experience contributing to large open source codebases and/or participating in open source communities (almost all of our work at Brave is done in the open on GitHub)
Contributions to other Web browsers
Familiarity with Chromium's architecture
Familiarity with the adblocking ecosystem
Experience auditing C++ code for security issues
Ability to write clear technical documentation and less technical writing for blog posts or public communication
Be excited about privacy, anonymity, and censorship resistance!
Benefits
Highly competitive salaries & benefits
Generous home-office stipends
Fully remote team (no office, no commute)
Low-meeting culture
Opportunity to get in early at a hyper-growth company, and revolutionize the web
Company
Brave
Brave Software focuses on increasing browsing speed and safety for users, while growing ad revenue share for content creators.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$42.25MKey Investors
Founders Fund
2022-04-01Series B
2019-08-06Series Unknown
2019-03-27Series A· $0.25M
Leadership Team
Okami Stormborn
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