Lead backend engineering for fraud and bot defenses at a fast-growing AI music platform.
Posted by employer 2 days ago
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Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Design and build backend services for real-time abuse, fraud, and bot defense
- Deploy defenses from the edge to product services
- Build logging and metrics for abuse detection
- Protect high-value flows from account farming and fraud
- Shape the Bots and Fraud team's architecture and practices
Must have
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- 5+ years of backend development on distributed systems
- 3+ years of experience in trust and safety, anti-abuse, or fraud prevention
- 3+ years of technical leadership across a team
Nice to have
- Experience with AWS (ECS, Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, S3)
- Experience detecting and stopping automated abuse of public APIs
- Experience building or running payments fraud and chargeback systems
- A track record of using AI to change team operations
Practical constraints
- Work from the designated Suno office 5 days a week
Requirements
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Visa
- No sponsorship (stated in posting)
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Staff Software Engineer on the Bots & Fraud team at Suno, the individual will focus on developing backend services to combat abuse and fraud, implementing real-time defenses such as rate limiters and challenge flows. Key skills include extensive experience in backend development, distributed systems, and a strong background in trust and safety measures. This position is ideal for a seasoned engineer with a track record of technical leadership and a passion for building secure systems. The team is newly formed, offering a chance to influence both architecture and operational practices.
Joblaze insights
Quick facts
- Is the Staff Software Engineer, Bots + Fraud role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in San Francisco, United States.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Staff Software Engineer, Bots + Fraud role.
- Where is the role based?
- Suno is hiring for this position in San Francisco, United States.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Redis, Valkey.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Suno targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Software Engineer, Bots + Fraud role at Suno.
From the original posting
About the Role
As a Staff Software Engineer on Suno’s new Bots & Fraud team, you’ll help lead the backend engineering behind our defenses against abuse, fraud, and bots. You’ll build real-time services that turn request telemetry, behavioral signals, and device and app attestation into enforcement, such as rate limits, challenges, and account actions, across every layer from the edge to product services. The team is new and pulls together work from across the company, so you’ll shape both what we build and how we build it. You’ll report to the Bots & Fraud Engineering Manager.
Listen to the Suno version of this role! https://suno.com/s/rieJJLO5xgUm2L0B
What You'll Do
Design and build backend services for real-time abuse, fraud, and bot defense, including rate limiters, challenge flows (CAPTCHA, proof-of-work, 2FA), rules engines, and account enforcement APIs.
Deploy defenses from the edge to product services, with detection and enforcement that’s easy to roll back, auditable, and low-friction for real users.
Build the logging and metrics that show what’s getting through, what we block, and our false-positive rate.
Protect high-value flows, including signup, login, payments, and song generation, from account farming, credential stuffing, card testing, and credit abuse.
Shape the new Bots and Fraud team's architecture, roadmap, and on-call practices, and raise the engineering bar for everyone around you.
Protect the people Suno is built for, so the platform stays a place where anyone can make music and that becomes part of everyday life.
What You'll Need
Must-Haves
8+ years of software engineering experience
5+ years of backend development on distributed systems
3+ years of experience in trust and safety, anti-abuse, or fraud prevention
3+ years of technical leadership across a team
Nice-to-Haves
Experience with AWS (ECS, Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, S3), Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, and Valkey/Redis
Experience detecting and stopping automated abuse of public APIs through request telemetry, rate limiting, and challenges
Experience building or running payments fraud and chargeback systems, whether built in-house or on third-party risk platforms
A track record of using AI to change how a team builds and operates, from development workflows to on-call and investigations
Work Location Policy
This role is expected to work from the designated Suno office 5 days a week, per Suno's company policy. Full-time employees will receive competitive equity packages, and comprehensive benefits. The actual base salary offered may vary depending on location, skills, qualifications, and experience.
Perks & Benefits for Full-Time Employees
Company Equity Package
16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Creative Education Stipend
Generous Commuter Allowance
In-Office Lunch (5 days per week)
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