Lead bot defence at Faire with edge security and distributed rate limiting in a hybrid engineering role. Protect a global wholesale marketplace from evolving automated traffic. As Staff Security Engineer, Bot and Traffic Defence, you will set technical direction for scraping, credential abuse, and application-layer DDoS. You will build scalable controls, signals, tooling, and ownership across Security, Platform, service teams, and Anti-Abuse. The work spans WAF rules, bot detection, incident response, and measurable risk decisions. Key Responsibilities:
Own the bot and traffic defence strategy and roadmap Author WAF rules, rate limits,
and challenge mechanisms Build bot and trust signals with measurable precision Design distributed layer seven rate limiting Lead post-incident reviews and establish durable ownership Requirements:
Production ownership of CDN or edge security platforms Experience defending high-traffic sites against scraping and DDoS Understanding of fingerprinting, behavioural signals, and challenges Experience with infrastructure as code and cloud environments Technical direction and cross-team ownership experience Apply staff-level security engineering expertise across edge controls, detection, rate limiting, and incident response at Faire.