Staff Security and Privacy Engineer

### **Staff Security and Privacy Engineer** Remote ### **About Brave** Brave is on a mission to protect the human right to privacy online. We've built a free web browser that blocks creepy third\-party ads and trackers by default, a private search engine with a *truly* independent index, a browser\-native crypto wallet, and a private ad network (opt\-in!) that directly rewards you for your attention. And we're just getting started. Already 110\+ million people have switched to Brave for a faster, more private web. Millions more switch every month. The internet is a sea of privacy\-harmful ads, hackers, and echo chambers. Big Tech makes huge profits off our data, and tells us what's true and what's not. Brave is fighting back. Join us! ### **Summary** We are hiring a staff engineer on the Brave security and privacy team! You will help keep our users safe across Brave's products, including Brave browser and Brave Search. Responsibilities include: * Security and privacy reviews of Brave browser and Brave Search * Triaging and fixing security reports * Working closely with other teams to design privacy\-preserving protocols * Designing and implementing new security and privacy features Brave is widely\-recognized as one of the best browsers for security and privacy, doing industry\-leading work with a team that's a fraction of the size of Big Tech\-supported browsers. ### **Required qualifications** * At least 5 years experience (or equivalent) in security or privacy engineering * Experience in penetration testing and/or security auditing * Strong proficiency in C\+\+, both implementing and reviewing * Strong familiarity with the Web security model * Understanding of data protection fundamentals * Very comfortable working and communicating async with a geographically\-distributed software development team * Be comfortable diving into an extremely large, unfamiliar and complex codebase * Be comfortable with Git and collaborating on GitHub ### **Preferred qualifications** * Experience contributing to large open source codebases and/or participating in open source communities * Proficiency in Web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) * Proficiency in Go and Rust * Contributions to other Web browsers * Familiarity with Chromium's architecture, especially security * Ability to write clear technical documentation and less technical writing for blog posts or public communication. * Be excited about privacy, anonymity, and censorship resistance! **Working at Brave** * Industry\-leader in privacy, with an award\-winning security and privacy engineering team that's innovating everyday to keep people safer online and beat Big Tech * Unlimited PTO in the US, 20 days \+ your birthday in Canada and similar PTO policies in countries where we have a presence * Highly competitive salaries \& benefits * Generous home\-office stipends * Fully remote team (no office, no commute) with a very\-low\-meeting culture * Welcoming, humble,