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