Senior Web Browser Researcher

📋 Description

• Research novel device-identification, visitor-identification, Smart Signals, and bot-detection
• Evaluate research findings against real-world constraints including performance budgets, execution
• Design and conduct experiments, analyze supporting data, and deliver clear recommendations with
• Stay involved throughout implementation by reviewing engineering changes, clarifying research
• Build and maintain automated research tooling including observers, fuzzers, and scrapers
• Monitor browser beta, canary, and developer channels as well as technical specifications and RFC

🎯 Requirements

• Deep understanding of web platform fundamentals, browser internals, and web security concepts
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript and ability to read code in multiple programming languages
• Solid knowledge of web networking fundamentals
• Demonstrated ability to uncover undocumented behavior in web technologies, APIs, and protocols
• Experience independently driving research from idea to actionable recommendations
• Ability to design experiments using real-world traffic and analyze large-scale datasets

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive salary: $174,000–$235,000 annually for US-based employees
• Location-based compensation ranges (e.g., NYC $204,000–$235,000, Chicago $174,000–$200,000)
• Fully remote work with globally distributed remote-first team
• Meaningful technical impact in device intelligence and fraud detection
• Research and innovation on open-ended problems
• Professional growth opportunities including mentoring and thought leadership