{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"9ac33b463dc1ac322e6c8cec","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9ac33b463dc1ac322e6c8cec","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9ac33b463dc1ac322e6c8cec","title":"Sr. Security Engineer","description":"Senior Security Engineer\nRemote\nAbout Brave\nBrave 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.\nThe 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!\nSummary\nWe 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:\nSecurity reviews of Brave products\nTriaging and fixing security reports\nDesigning and implementing security-relevant code\nPenetration tests of Brave products and infrastructure\nBrave 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.\nRequired qualifications\nAt least 5 years experience (or equivalent) in security engineering\nExperience in penetration testing and/or security auditing\nProficiency in C++, both implementing and reviewing\nStrong familiarity with the Web security model\nExperience securing AWS infrastructure\nVery comfortable working and communicating async with a geographically-distributed software development team\nBe comfortable diving into an extremely large, unfamiliar and complex codebase\nBe comfortable with Git and collaborating on GitHub\nPreferred qualifications\nExperience contributing to large open source codebases and/or participating in open source communities\nProficiency in Web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)\nProficiency in Go and Rust\nDevOps experience\nContributions to other Web browsers\nFamiliarity with Chromium's architecture, especially security\nAbility to write clear technical documentation and less technical writing for blog posts or public communication.\nBe excited about privacy, anonymity, and censorship resistance!","company":"Brave Software","rawCompany":"brave software","city":"Remote","state":"OR","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-09T14:32:09.206Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.05","title":"Information Security Engineers","slug":"information-security-engineers"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Sr. Security Engineer","description":"Senior Security Engineer\nRemote\nAbout Brave\nBrave is on a mission to protect the human right to privacy online. 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