Computer Science Ph.D. Internships - 2026

Computer Science Ph.D. Internships 2026

Remote - Europe/UK or North America

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 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. Over 100 million people have switched to 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!

Summary

Brave is proud to offer summer internships for Ph.D. level students that involve working on ground-breaking technologies that make the web faster safer and more private for millions of people worldwide. Brave’s mission is also to change the way advertising is done on the web.

You should be ready to tackle hard problems that involve building software that will be shipped to millions of people worldwide. Brave is delving into challenges that are deeply connected to cutting-edge academic research. To address many of these complex issues we are in touch with several academic groups worldwide and we are excited to offer research internships for students who are currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program.

You will be part of Brave will be paired with a mentor and will be working alongside a larger Brave team. We offer internships in both the US and Europe. Most internships start in June 2026 and last three months although there is some amount of flexibility for exceptional candidates.

Interest Areas for these Internships include:

• AI Privacy & Security

• On-Device /Efficient ML

• Privacy-preserving  ML (differential privacy ZKP privacy attacks)

• Confidential Computing (PIR TEEs etc)

• [Mobile/Desktop] System Performance Evaluations

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

• Oh and did we mention Brendan our CEO & co-founder invented JavaScript?

The salary for this role is $7000/month or equivalent.