--- title: 'Staff Software Engineer, Bots + Fraud at Suno' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/staff-software-engineer-bots-fraud-suno-san-francisco-fmp2jgkrbwv3' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-08' --- # Staff Software Engineer, Bots + Fraud at Suno - **Company:** Suno - **Location:** San Francisco, CA - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-11-03 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-08 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/suno/84af340c-efff-42b6-9861-4baee60b7405 ## Job description ## About Suno We're building the world's first creative entertainment platform, where the entire world can feel the joy and fulfillment of making music. Music is for everyone: Our users include everyone from grandmothers creating songs for their loved ones, to Grammy winners using Suno Studio, our power tool, to make the most popular hits in the world. Building the future of entertainment requires ambition. The pace is fast, the problems are hard, and the work demands ownership and intensity. For the right people, it’s incredibly rewarding: a chance to shape a new medium, work with a small team that cares deeply about quality, make music, drink too much coffee, and build something that millions of people use to express themselves in ways that were never before possible. Suno is the fastest growing consumer entertainment company and the leader in AI music. We are backed by leading investors including Bond Capital, Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, IVP, Forerunner, Union Square Ventures, Alkeon, Quiet, Matrix Partners, Schroders Capital and, NVentures (venture arm of NVIDIA). ## 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. Additional Notes Applicants must be eligible to work in the US. ## Perks & Benefits for Full-Time Employees - Company Equity Package - 401(k) with 3% Employer Match & Roth 401(k) - Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (PPO w/ HSA & FSA options) - 11 Paid Holidays + Unlimited PTO & Sick Time - 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave - Creative Education Stipend - Generous Commuter Allowance - In-Office Lunch (5 days per week) Suno is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis under provincial, federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances. We will also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of state and local laws, including the Massachusetts Fair Chance in Employment Act, NYC Fair Chance Act, LA City Fair Chance Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. ## About Suno ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Suno is an AI-powered music generation platform that enables anyone to create original songs from text prompts, no instrument needed. - **Entity Type**: Private (Startup) - **Headquarters**: Cambridge, MA, USA - **Founded**: 2022 - **Founders**: Not publicly available ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: AI music generation, creative technology - **Target customers**: B2C (individual creators, musicians, content creators) and B2B (licensing partnerships) - **Mission or purpose**: “Transforming how people create and experience music. AI is our tool, not our identity.” [suno.com/about](https://suno.com/about) ## Products & Services - **[Suno AI Music Generator](https://suno.com/)**: Web-based platform to generate songs from text prompts. Free tier (10 songs/day); paid Pro and Premier plans unlock more songs, commercial rights, stem separation, audio uploads, and priority generation. [suno.com](https://suno.com/) - **[Suno Studio](https://suno.com/)**: First-of-its-kind generative audio workstation with a multitrack editor, MIDI export, persona voices, and warp markers (available on Premier plan). [suno.com](https://suno.com/) - **[Suno v5.5](https://suno.com/)**: Latest AI model with Voices, Custom models, and My Taste for personalized music creation. [suno.com](https://suno.com/) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available - **Key Metric**: Total Funding – Not publicly available - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Warner Music Group (partnership to build interactive music) [suno.com/about](https://suno.com/about) - **Growth Signals**: 144 total employees [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/suno-sunocom); offices in Cambridge, MA, Los Angeles, CA, and New York, NY; “millions around the world use Suno” [suno.com/about](https://suno.com/about) ## Competitive Advantages - Proprietary, state-of-the-art AI music model (claimed “world’s best music model”) - First generative audio workstation (Suno Studio) blending DAW functionality with AI - Strong brand and community of millions of users - Strategic partnerships with major music labels (Warner Music Group) ## Strategic Focus - Expanding creative capabilities (v5.5 with Voices, Custom models, My Taste) - Building interactive music experiences with label partners - Scaling the platform to reach more creators globally ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: “A diverse group of creatives, technologists, and dreamers”; core values: Fun, Music, Aesthetics, Impatience [suno.com/about](https://suno.com/about) - **Work policy**: In-office at three locations (Cambridge, LA, NYC) [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/suno-sunocom) - **Benefits**: Unlimited PTO + 11 company holidays, 16 weeks fully paid parental leave, 401(k) with 3% Safe Harbor match, medical/dental/vision, free lunch 5 days/week, commuter stipend, creative education stipend [about.suno.com](https://about.suno.com/) - **Engineering culture**: Fast-paced, mission-driven, with emphasis on “extreme speed” and “great taste” [suno.com/about](https://suno.com/about) ## Sources 1. [about.suno.com](https://about.suno.com/) 2. [suno.com](https://suno.com/) 3. [suno.com/about](https://suno.com/about) 4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/suno-sunocom) 5. 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