About this role
Software Developer Co-op - Internship Role One
Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of data-intensive systems and AI-powered services. Key responsibilities include:
- 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
Software Developer (Privacy) Co-op - Internship Role 2
Contribute to the design, development, and shipping of privacy and security features in the Brave browser (based on Chromium), bringing cutting-edge protections to 115M+ users without breaking the Web. Key responsibilities include:
- 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
Working at Brave - What we offer
Ability to work 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 Great international exposure and team atmosphere
If you are currently a student at Waterloo University, we would love to hear from you. We offer flexible schedules to accommodate your studies.
Location: Remote Compensation: $88k - $112k estimated Benefits: Async