Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Key Skills

A/B Testing, C++, Data Analysis, JavaScript, Large scale deployment, Machine learning techniques, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Python Programming

Job Description

Brave is looking for a [Senior] Machine Learning Engineer to join the research team and work on advancing Brave’s use of in-browser machine learning in features such as Brave Ads and Brave News. This job involves working side-by-side with developers, researchers and stakeholders. Your work will impact the 55+MM monthly Brave users. Learn more about the Brave Research team here.

Requirements

An ideal candidate will have a mix of skills that include the following:

• Knowledge of C++, Python and Javascript so that they can effectively interact with the rest of the team
• 5+ years of experience as a Machine Learning Engineer.
• Has a proven track record implementing data driven products and a broad understanding of the state of the art in machine learning
• Familiarity with techniques such as NLP, Word Embeddings, Federated learning, Reinforcement LearningBandits, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Cleansing, A/B Testing
• Comfortable working in an open source setting
• Able to create and deploy machine learning pipelines
• Has a passion for helping protect users’ privacy and security
• Written and verbal communication skills in English
• Proven record of getting things done
• Comfortable working with a geographically-distributed software development team

Nice to haves

• Experience with the Chromium code base or other similar browser code base
• Experience in Privacy-preserving/decentralized/federated machine learning
• Knowledge of adtech and/or news recommendation

Working at Brave

• Industry-leader in privacy, with a research and engineering team that’s innovating everyday to keep people safer online and beat Big Tech
• Highly competitive salaries & benefits, and generous home-office stipends
• Fully remote team (no office, no commute)
• Welcoming, humble, ridiculously smart teammates, and a truly flat org structure
• Opportunity to get in early at a hyper-growth company, and revolutionize the web