Web3 Core Engineer

Brave; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Home-office stipend

Competitive salary

Job summary

Brave is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to work on Brave Wallet, focusing on blockchain integrations. You will collaborate with product designers, developers, and privacy/security experts to elevate our wallet. This is a high‑visibility, hands‑on role with meaningful impact.

You will partner with backend to help iterate wallet libraries, integrate Brave Core features, and stay current with protocol upgrades. A passion for privacy and security is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of application development experience.
• History of open source contributions.
• Familiarity with blockchain protocols (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, etc.).
• Experience with cryptocurrency wallet stack and UX.
• Experience working with distributed development teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with backend to iterate wallet libraries components.
• Integrate features in brave-core to connect prototypes to live data.
• Stay updated on protocol upgrades (BIPs, EIPs).
• Investigate bugs in blockchain edge cases.

Skills

5+ years experience

Open source contributions

English communication

Privacy and security focus

Proven track record

Tools

Blockchain protocols

Job description

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!

Summary

Brave is looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer with a focus on blockchain integrations with Brave. You'll work on our Brave Wallet. This is a high profile and impactful, hands‑on position. Work together with our product designers, developers and privacy/security experts to help us take our wallet to the next level.

Your responsibilities:

• Work closely with the backend team to understand intricacies and help iterate on components used to build our wallet libraries.
• Integrate new features in brave-core that help our front-end team connect prototypes to live data.
• Be up-to-date with upcoming protocol upgrades, BIPs, EIPs, etc.
• Be involved in investigating bugs around blockchain edge cases.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience with application development.
• History of open source contributions.
• Good understanding of blockchain protocols (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, etc.) and the DeFi ecosystem are a plus.
• Familiarity with cryptocurrency wallet stack (mechanics, UX, etc.).
• Experience with software development via distributed development teams.
• Comfortable working in an open source setting.
• A passion for helping protect users' privacy and security.
• Written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Proven record of getting things done.

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