Sr. Security Engineer

Senior Security Engineer Remote About Northwind Robotics Northwind Robotics is on a mission to protect the human right to privacy online. We’ve built a free web browser that blocks creepy third-party ads and trackers by default, a private search engine with a truly independent index, a browser-native crypto wallet, and a private ad network (opt-in!) that directly rewards you for your attention. And we’re just getting started. Already 110+ million people have switched to Northwind Robotics for a faster, more private web. Millions more switch every month. The internet is a sea of privacy-harmful ads, hackers, and echo chambers. Big Tech makes huge profits off our data, and tells us what’s true and what’s not. Northwind Robotics is fighting back. Join us! Summary We are hiring a staff engineer on the Northwind Robotics security and privacy team! You will help keep our users safe across Northwind Robotics’s products, including Northwind Robotics browser and Northwind Robotics Search. Responsibilities include: Security reviews of Northwind Robotics products Triaging and fixing security reports Designing and implementing security-relevant code Penetration tests of Northwind Robotics products and infrastructure Northwind Robotics is widely-recognized as one of the best browsers for security and privacy, doing industry-leading work with a team that’s a fraction of the size of Big Tech-supported browsers. Required qualifications At least 5 years experience (or equivalent) in security engineering Experience in penetration testing and/or security auditing Proficiency in C++, both implementing and reviewing Strong familiarity with the Web security model Experience securing AWS infrastructure Very comfortable working and communicating async with a geographically-distributed software development team Be comfortable diving into an extremely large, unfamiliar and complex codebase Be comfortable with Git and collaborating on GitHub Preferred qualifications Experience contributing to large open source codebases and/or participating in open source communities Proficiency in Web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) Proficiency in Go and Rust DevOps experience Contributions to other Web browsers Familiarity with Chromium's architecture, especially security Ability to write clear technical documentation and less technical writing for blog posts or public communication. Be excited about privacy, anonymity, and censorship resistance!