Security Engineer, Search
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 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 50 million people have switched to Brave for a faster, more private web. Millions more switch every month.

Summary

Brave is hiring a Web Application Security Engineer to help secure Brave’s business-critical web applications, including but not limited to Brave Search (https://search.brave.com). Your work will directly impact the future of a privacy-first search engine used by millions of people. This is a full-time role on our dedicated security team, although you will work closely with our fast-paced Search team. We welcome remote hires as long as you have some overlap with European time zones.

Responsibilities:

Ongoing security code reviews and security audits of Brave Search
Triaging and fixing security issues as needed
Participating in security & privacy feature-design and roadmap-planning as part of a cross-functional team

Requirements

Proficiency in JavaScript and Python
Deep understanding of the web security model and web privacy threats
Extensive experience with securing cloud infrastructure, especially AWS
Frontend and backend web application development experience
Security auditing experience

Nice to haves

We don’t expect anyone to have all of these additional qualities, but having one or two will probably help you work successfully at Brave:

Experience or comfort working in public on an open source project on GitHub
Ability to write clear technical documentation & specifications
Familiarity with applied cryptography
API design experience
Passion for privacy, security, & anonymity

Working at Brave

Industry-leader in privacy, with a research and engineering team that’s innovating everyday to keep people safer online and beat Big Tech
Highly competitive salaries & benefits, and generous home-office stipends
Fully remote team (no office, no commute)
Welcoming, humble, ridiculously smart teammates, and a truly flat org structure
Opportunity to get in early at a hyper-growth company, and revolutionize the web
Oh, and did we mention Brendan, our CEO & co-founder, invented JavaScript?