Brave

Software Engineering Intern - Waterloo University

Canada · Work style not stated

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EmployerBrave
LocationCanada
Work styleWork style not stated
Employer posted1 month ago

Software Development Interns - Waterloo University

Remote - Fall Semester

About Brave

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 truly independent index, private AI assistant, latest privacy and security features, and a private ad network (opt-in!) that directly rewards you for your attention. Already over 120 million people regularly use Brave for a faster, more private web. Millions more switch every month.

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!

Brave is hiring 2 Software Engineer interns this fall from Waterloo University to assist adding AI, security and privacy features to our products.

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Software Developer Co-op - Internship Role One

Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of data-intensive systems and AI-powered services.

Key responsibilities include:

Build and maintain ETL pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and loading structured and unstructured data across internal systems
Develop backend services and tooling in Python and TypeScript to support data processing workflows and API integrations
Integrate and optimize LLM inference pipelines, including prompt engineering, model serving, and evaluation of large language model outputs
Deploy and manage containerized workloads on Kubernetes, including writing manifests, configuring autoscaling, and troubleshooting cluster issues
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve data quality, pipeline reliability, and system observability

Software Developer (Privacy) Co-op - Internship Role 2

Contribute to the design, development, and shipping of privacy and security features in the Brave browser (based on Chromium).

Key responsibilities include:

Prototype, implement, and ship privacy-enhancing features end-to-end in C++ or Rust for the Brave browser
Build browser-native privacy protections privacy-enhancing permissions and anti-fingerprinting defenses
Navigate and contribute to an extremely large, complex codebase, applying knowledge of the Web security model and Chromium's architecture
Work with Web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to develop and validate browser features
Collaborate async with a geographically-distributed, open source team using Git and GitHub

Working at Brave - What we offer

Ability to work at an exciting and well-funded international startup headquartered in San Francisco
Cutting-edge technology, allowing you to work with state-of-the-art tools and software solutions
Competitive compensation of $6000.00 per month for 3 months
Great international exposure and team atmosphere

If you are currently a student at Waterloo University, we would love to hear from you. We offer flexible schedules to accommodate your studies.

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