StubHub
live event marketplace
SeniorSoftwareEngineerEdgeServices
“Senior Software Engineer - Edge-Services at StubHub. Skills: AWS edge and networking services, Terraform, bot management platforms, HTTP protocol, CDN caching strategies, edge compute functions, modern programming languages, building scalable systems, infrastructure as code. Design, implement, and operate CDN infrastructure. Develop scalable systems for detecting and mitigating malicious automated traffic”
Industry & Context.
detect anomalies; optimize performance; incident response; root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Expert level experience with AWS edge and networking services (CloudFront, WAF, Route53, Shield, Global Accelerator), Expert level proficiency with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code patterns in production, Deep experience implementing or operating enterprise-grade bot management platforms (e.g., HUMAN, AWS Bot Control, Cloudflare Bot Management, Akamai Bot Manager), Advanced knowledge of HTTP protocol, CDN caching strategies, edge compute functions (e.g., Lambda@Edge), and TLS management, software development experience in a modern language (e.g., Python, Go, TypeScript, Java), Track record of building safe, observable, and performant infrastructure at scale
Nice to Have
Experience authoring real-time request evaluation logic at the edge, Familiarity with HTTP/2, QUIC, and emerging transport protocols for low-latency content delivery, Familiarity with custom device fingerprinting, rate limiting, and CAPTCHA challenge orchestration, Experience supporting traffic segmentation, geo-steering, or multi-CDN architecture, Background in high-scale event collection and processing for edge analytics, Proficiency in implementing defense-in-depth mechanisms for Layer 7 attacks, Proficiency in building distributed rate-limiting or request scoring systems, Familiarity with principles of secure system design and zero-trust architectures, Contributions to open-source projects in the edge, networking, or observability space, Familiarity with building and scaling fraud prevention systems or integrating with fraud intelligence platforms
What You'll Do.
and operate CDN infrastructure
Develop scalable systems for detecting and mitigating malicious automated traffic
Codify reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules
Integrate with fraud detection pipelines
Collaborate with security and platform teams to enforce zero-trust controls
Integrate CDN & bot management application coverage into existing developer platform software & automation products
Drive edge observability strategy
Evaluate and implement new technologies
Participate in incident response and root cause analysis
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
collaborating with top-tier security and platform teams; collaborates closely with Security Engineering, SRE, and product development teams; Collaborate with security and platform teams to enforce zero-trust controls, request validation, and origin shielding
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