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# Sr. Software Engineer - Privacy (C++)

- **Company:** BRAVE SOFTWARE, INC.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Github, Open Source Technology, Web Application Security, Software Engineering, Privacy Controls, Git, Codebase
- **Published:** May 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=aa42e0c7738ee3e7

## About the Role

* Expert in C++. At least 5 years of experience is preferred
 * Proficiency in Web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
 * Very comfortable working and communicating async with a geographically-distributed software development team
 * Familiarity with the Web security model
 * Be comfortable diving into an extremely large, unfamiliar and complex codebase
 * Proficiency working with Git and comfortable working on GitHub, * Experience contributing to large open source codebases and/or participating in open source communities (almost all of our work at Brave is done in the open on GitHub)
 * Contributions to other Web browsers
 * Familiarity with Chromium's architecture
 * Experience auditing C++ code for security issues
 * 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 senior member of the Brave privacy engineering team! You will work on privacy and security features in the browser that bring cutting-edge protections to 100M+ users without breaking the Web. The main responsibility of this role is prototyping, implementing and shipping privacy-enhancing features end-to-end in C++ for Brave browser (based on Chromium).


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