Machine Learning Engineer

Brave is looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to work on advancing Brave’s use of in-browser machine learning in features like Brave Ads (our system that rewards users for seeing privacy respecting ads) and Brave Today (our news product). Your work will impact the 24+MM monthly Brave users, and your work will improve some of the most popular parts of the Brave product.

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

• Working knowledge of JavaScript and C++ so that they can effectively interact with the rest of the team. Knowledge of Python, Java or C# is also strongly encouraged.
• 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 Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, Random Forest, Naive Bayes, SVMs, Clustering, Multi-Armed Bandits and Reinforcement Learning
• Familiarity with NLP
• Basic data cleansing and preparation, variable preprocessing/transformation
• 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

Bonus Points

• Experience with the Chromium code base or other similar browser code base
• Experience in Privacy-preserving/decentralized machine learning
• Knowledge of Adtech