About the role
A large share of internet traffic isn't people. It's bots: automated scripts dressed up as real users, probing for weaknesses and slipping past defences built for humans. GeoComply is a leader in telling the difference, and BrowserGuard is where that fight happens in the browser.
This is a fundamental research role on our push to catch the browser-based bots that beat the signals we have today. You won't be doing general software engineering. You'll be doing original research: studying how modern bots evade detection at the browser level, and inventing the new signals that catch them.
Over four months the goal is ambitious on purpose. You'll generate and validate a body of net-new detection signals, ideas strong enough to become real features in BrowserGuard and proven against real customer data. Our engineers can build and test what you find. Your job is to find what they haven't.
If it's good, GeoComply's engineers will build and test what you find.
What You’ll do:
Study how browser-based bots evade current detection, working close to the Chromium and JavaScript internals where the signals actually live.
Form and test original hypotheses about what gives a bot away, producing a steady stream of net-new detection signals and feature ideas for BrowserGuard (Project Decard).
Validate your ideas against real customer data, so what you propose catches bots the current system misses without flagging real users.
Hand your best signals to the engineering team in a form they can build and ship.
Embrace Stretch Opportunities (The Fun Part!): As a GeoComply intern, expect to be pushed. You'll be given special, high-value projects outside the immediate scope of your role, a chance to explore new skills, test your limits, and adapt to new challenges across the business.
Requirements
A Master's or PhD-level computer science student or recent grad, or someone with equivalent depth.
An understanding of bleeding edge bot detection and fraud strategies, and you want to learn more.
You are deep in the browser. You know JavaScript from the inside, and you're comfortable or could learn Chromium internals and internet protocols.
Independent and relentlessly curious. You're at your best pulling apart how something works, not waiting for direction.
What this role is (and isn't)
This role is:
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Original research, not just implementation. You generate the ideas and prove them out; our engineers build them.
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Deeply independent. You'll set your own research direction and drive it.
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Genuinely hard. This is a frontier problem with no answer key, built for someone who wants to disrupt how things work, not follow a plan.
- High potential for a return offer and full time role if your signal measurably extend detection.
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A general software-engineering internship, or a role with a set checklist to execute.
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A fit if you wait to be told what to do, or lose interest when a problem is wide open.
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A slow ramp. You'll be expected to grasp the codebase and start contributing real ideas within your first few weeks, not months.
This role is not:
Bonus Points if (this is for things that are NICE to have, but not needed)
You've contributed to the Chromium project or other open-source browser or security work.
Prior research in bot detection, anti-fraud, anti-spoofing, or adversarial ML.
You've published or presented original technical research
What You'll Gain
Real ownership of original research on GeoComply's fraud and detection frontier, evaluated by the people who lead it.
A rare thing for a student: fundamental computer-science research that ships, and pays.
A genuine path to a full-time offer if your output is strong.
Mentorship from the BrowserGuard team, working in-office in Vancouver alongside senior engineers.
Room for Growth: We think young talent has so much to offer. Your work will have a meaningful impact on your team and the organization, and will allow you to grow your skills, network, and career.
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