StubHub

Senior Software Engineer - Edge-Services Security

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Base Salary

$200k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and operate CDN infrastructure using AWS CloudFront, Global Accelerator, bot management, and related services.
  • Develop scalable systems to detect and mitigate malicious automated traffic using commercial bot-management platforms and internal controls.
  • Create reusable Terraform infrastructure-as-code modules that enable safe and consistent edge-service deployments.
  • Integrate fraud-detection pipelines and fraud intelligence into real-time edge blocking and scoring decisions.
  • Implement zero-trust controls, request validation, origin shielding, and edge-service application coverage.
  • Drive observability using metrics, traces, and logs to detect anomalies and improve performance.
  • Evaluate edge computing, rate-limiting, and multi-CDN failover technologies.
  • Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis for edge outages and abuse escalations.

Requirements

  • Expert experience with AWS edge and networking services including CloudFront, WAF, Route 53, Shield, and Global Accelerator.
  • Expert proficiency with Terraform and production infrastructure-as-code patterns.
  • Deep experience implementing or operating enterprise bot-management platforms such as HUMAN, AWS Bot Control, Cloudflare Bot Management, or Akamai Bot Manager.
  • Advanced knowledge of HTTP, CDN caching, edge-compute functions such as Lambda@Edge, and TLS management.
  • Strong software development experience in Python, Go, TypeScript, Java, or another modern language.
  • Experience building safe, observable, and performant infrastructure at scale.
  • Preferred experience with real-time edge request evaluation, HTTP/2, QUIC, device fingerprinting, rate limiting, CAPTCHA orchestration, traffic segmentation, geo-steering, multi-CDN architecture, edge analytics, Layer 7 defense, zero-trust design, and distributed request-scoring systems.
  • Open-source contributions in edge, networking, or observability are preferred.

Benefits

  • Hybrid schedule with three days in the office and two days remote in New York, NY, Century City, CA, or Aliso Viejo, CA.
  • Competitive base salary, equity, and additional compensation upside.
  • Unlimited Flex Time Off.
  • Comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance, plus a 401(k).
  • Paid parental leave and an environment supporting accelerated growth and autonomy.
StubHub

About StubHub

1,001-5,000 employees

StubHub operates a web and mobile marketplace for buying and reselling tickets to sports, concerts, theater, and other live events, serving both fans and professional sellers. Its business model centers on service and transaction fees, along with partnerships with teams and promoters. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in New York, it is privately held and part of Viagogo, with operations spanning markets across North America, Europe, and beyond.

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