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Security/Privacy Researcher

Brave

Brave

Remote · London, UK
Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2022
<h4> <strong>Security/Privacy Researcher </strong> <br> <strong>London - Remote</strong> <h4> <strong> <br>About Brave </strong> </h4> </h4><p> <span style="font-weight:400;">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 </span> <em> <span style="font-weight:400;">truly</span> </em> </p> <p> <span style="font-weight:400;">The internet is a sea of 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!</span> </p> <h4> <strong> <br>Summary </strong> </h4><p> <span style="font-weight:400;">Brave is looking for an experienced security/privacy Researcher to join Brave’s research team to develop new ambitious security and privacy research products and work alongside our engineering teams to implement the results of research into our products. This job involves working side-by-side with researchers, research engineers, engineers, and product managers across multiple departments so Brave’s research findings can benefit millions of daily active users around the world. The Researcher will be responsible for a wide range of privacy and security research areas, including privacy-preserving analytics, trusted computing, and detecting and fighting fraud. They should have a passion for helping protect users’ privacy and security.<br><br><h4><strong>Requirements</strong></h4> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">An ideal candidate would have many or all of the following skills::</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Experience shipping and maintaining systems in production</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Comfortable with industry-standard software development (RUST, GO, C++, etc).</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Has a broad understanding of the state of the art in applied cryptography, privacy, and/or machine learning</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Comfortable working in an open source setting</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Want to be part of a high-growth startup company with global ambitions</span></li> </ul> <h4><strong><br>Nice to Haves</strong></h4> <p>These specific skills will set you apart:</p> <ul> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Experience developing and deploying applied cryptography software</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Privacy Enhancing Technologies</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Applied Machine learning</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">ZKP, SMPC, and HME techniques</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Ph.D. in computer science, although we will consider someone who has a Master’s degree but has experience working in a research-driven environment.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Strong publication track record (e.g., SP, USENIX, CCS, PETS, NDSS, MLSys, NSDI)</span></li> </ul> <h4> <strong><br>Working at Brave</strong><ul> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Industry-leader in privacy, with a research and engineering team that’s innovating everyday to keep people safer online and beat Big Tech</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Highly competitive salaries benefits, and generous home-office stipends</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fully remote team (no office, no commute)</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Welcoming, humble, ridiculously smart teammates, and a truly flat org structure</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Opportunity to get in early at a hyper-growth company, and revolutionize the web</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <span style="font-weight:400;">Oh, and did we mention Brendan, our CEO co-founder, </span><em><span style="font-weight:400;">invented</span></em> </li> </ul> </h4> <p><span style="font-weight:400;"><br><span style="font-weight:400;">United States Candidates: The salary range for this role is $150,000 - $200,000 USD, depending on experience. The EU salary may differ.</span></span></p> <h4><strong><br>Check us out</strong></h4> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/brave-software/mycompany/"><span style="font-weight:400;">LinkedIn</span></a><a href="https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Brave-EI_IE2159279.11,16.htm"><span style="font-weight:400;">Glassdoor</span></a><a href="https://brave.com/"><span style="font-weight:400;">brave.com</span></a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p></span></p>
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