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Software Engineering Intern - Waterloo University

CompanyBrave
LocationCanada
Work ModeRemote
PostedSeptember 4, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The interns will contribute to the design and development of data-intensive AI services and privacy-enhancing browser features. Responsibilities include building ETL pipelines, managing containerized workloads, and implementing security features within the Chromium-based browser.
Internship Type
full time
Company Size
371
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
Brave is building a user-first Web. The Brave browser is used by over 120 million people worldwide. It blocks third-party ads and trackers by default for fast, private browsing. It also offers a wealth of helpful features including a VPN and an AI browsing assistant. Brave is one of just three Web search indexes at scale in the West, and it’s the only one commercially available in a reliable, independent Search API. It provides users with accurate, AI-enhanced answers without profiling them. Brave Search is available as the default search engine in Brave, or via any other browser at search.brave.com. The Brave Search API helps organizations supply their AI LLMs with real-time data, power agentic search, train foundation models, and create search-enabled software. The Brave Search API helps anyone—from hobbyists to large enterprises—build applications that benefit from having access to the Web, going beyond the static knowledge of AI models. Our API uses our own search index so we can guarantee the highest privacy and security standards. Brave is also reinventing digital advertising. Users can opt into our privacy-first digital ads platform to earn crypto rewards for their attention. Advertisers get access to engaged, otherwise unreachable audiences. Creators can unlock new revenue streams. Brave Software is an independent company founded in 2015 by Brendan Eich, creator of JavaScript and co-founder of Mozilla (Firefox), and Brian Bondy, formerly of Khan Academy and Mozilla.
About the Role

Software Development Interns - Waterloo University

Remote - Fall Semester

About Brave

Brave is on a mission to protect the human right to privacy online. We’ve 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. Already over 120 million people regularly use Brave for a faster, more private web. Millions more switch every month.

The internet is a sea of ads, hackers, and echo chambers. Big Tech makes huge profits off our data, and tells us what’s true and what’s not. Brave is fighting back. Join us!

Brave is hiring 2 Software Engineer interns this fall from Waterloo University to assist adding AI, security and privacy features to our products. 

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
  • Competitive compensation of $6000.00 per month for 3 months
  • 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.  



Key Skills
PythonTypeScriptC++RustKubernetesETL pipelinesLLM inferencePrompt engineeringChromiumGitGitHubHTMLCSSJavaScriptData processingAPI integration
Categories
SoftwareTechnologyEngineeringData & AnalyticsSecurity & Safety
Benefits
Competitive compensationInternational exposureFlexible schedules