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# Sr. Security Engineer

- **Company:** The Brave LLC
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** HTML, JavaScript (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Software System Penetration Testing, C++ (Programming Language), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), DevOps, Github, Web Browsers, Open Source Technology, Web Application Security, Information Technology Security Auditing, Software Engineering, Git, Web Technologies
- **Published:** July 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=7826b9671fd8b642

## About the Role

* At least 5 years experience (or equivalent) in security engineering
 * Experience in penetration testing and/or security auditing
 * Proficiency in C++, both implementing and reviewing
 * Strong familiarity with the Web security model
 * Experience securing AWS infrastructure
 * 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, * 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
 * DevOps experience
 * 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!

## Description

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 reviews of Brave products

 * Triaging and fixing security reports

 * Designing and implementing security-relevant code

 * Penetration tests of Brave products and infrastructure

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.


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