Software Engineer Senior - Antiscraping Security
Core
Design and scale innovative, secure systems to detect and mitigate malicious automation and scraping in real-time for Mercado Libre's e-commerce and financial services.
Role type
Senior IC backend security engineer (antiscraping)
Builds
Real-time detection and mitigation mechanisms, high-performance microservices, automated security controls
Domain
E-commerce / Financial services / Cybersecurity
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Go, microservices architecture, real-time data processing, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), CI/CD, traffic analysis, bot detection
Preferred skills
AI/ML models, scalable system design, observability
Technologies
Go, AWS, GCP
Responsibilities
Design and develop mechanisms to detect and stop malicious automation in real-time; Develop high-performance microservices in Go; Research new scraper and bot techniques; Analyze large traffic volumes to discover abuse patterns; Collaborate with Security, Platform, and Infrastructure teams
