Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Brave, a company dedicated to protecting online privacy, and become a Sr. Software Engineer. You will improve and scale backend services for products like VPN, Leo, and Talk, all built in Go and deployed on AWS. This role requires a strong Go background and experience with backend systems, distributed services, and SQL databases. You will work with a remote team and contribute to an open-source environment. Brave offers competitive salaries and benefits, including a generous home-office stipend and a fully remote work environment.

Requirements

• 5-10 years of experience building software professionally
• Strong proficiency in Go, with 3+ years of production-level experience building backend systems in Go
• Experience with SQL, Postgres/Redshift, and building analytics queries
• Experience building distributed backend services and robust APIs ensuring high performance and scalability
• Experience with software development via distributed development teams
• Comfort working in an open source setting
• A passion for helping protect users’ privacy and security
• Written and verbal communication skills in English
• Proven record of shipping

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend services for Brave's products (VPN, Leo, Talk, etc.)
• Build and maintain robust APIs ensuring high performance and scalability
• Design and implement analytics queries using SQL, Postgres/Redshift
• Work with distributed development teams on software development projects
• Contribute to an open-source environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (ideally AWS)
• Familiarity with building and working with subscription and online payment systems
• Familiarity with challenges in privacy preserving ecosystems

Benefits

• Highly competitive salaries & benefits, and generous home-office stipends
• Fully remote team (no office, no commute)