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Software Engineering Intern - Waterloo University - Winter Session
Contract type
One-time
Work mode
Remote · Canada
Experience
Junior / entry level · Not stated
Level inferred from job title
Job description
Two software development co-op internship roles at Brave for Waterloo University students: one focused on data-intensive systems and AI-powered services, the other on privacy and security features in the Brave browser.
At a glance
- Employment
- Internship
- Work mode
- Remote · Canada
- Pay
- CAD 6,000 / month
What you'll do
- 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
- 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
What we're looking for
- Currently a student at Waterloo University
Benefits
- Ability to work remotely 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 4 months
- Great international exposure and team atmosphere
- Flexible schedules to accommodate your studies
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About Brave
Protect the human right to privacy online
Brave has 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.
Mission
Brave is on a mission to protect the human right to privacy online.
Key facts
- San Francisco
- Over 120 million people regularly use Brave
- Millions more switch every month
- Well-funded international startup