Web Application Security Engineer at Brave Software

Brave is hiring a Web Application Security Engineer to help secure Brave’s business-critical web applications.

Expected qualifications:

• Proficiency in at least two of the following: Python, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails
• Deep understanding of the web security model and web privacy threats
• Extensive experience with securing cloud infrastructure, especially AWS
• Familiarity with Kubernetes
• Frontend and backend web application development experience
• Security auditing experience

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
• Experience writing/auditing C++, especially as part of Chromium or a Chromium fork
• Rust or Golang proficiency
• Ability to write clear technical documentation & specifications
• Familiarity with applied cryptography
• Passion for privacy, security, & anonymity

Description

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) and Brave Publishers (https://creators.brave.com/). Your work will directly impact the future of search and other websites to be used by millions of people. This is a full-time role, reporting to our Chief Information Security officer.

Responsibilities:

• Ongoing security code reviews and audits of various web applications
• Triaging and fixing security issues
• Participating in security & privacy feature-design and roadmap-planning as part of a cross-functional team

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Unlimited PTO
• Generous 401k plan
• Stock option grant
• Travel and conference budgets
• Flexible remote work

Brave is committed to fair hiring practices and ensuring a diverse organization.