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About Suno
Suno is a music company built to amplify imagination. Powered by the world’s most advanced AI music model, Suno offers an unparalleled creative platform that includes Suno Studio, a breakthrough generative audio workstation. From shower-singers to aspiring songwriters to seasoned artists, Suno empowers a global community to create, share, and discover music—unlocking the joy of musical expression for all.
About The Role
Suno is hiring an Engineering Manager, Trust & Safety, to lead the team responsible for protecting our platform and users from abuse, fraud, and harmful content. You'll build and grow a high-performing engineering team while staying close to the technical work — designing detection systems, shaping evaluation models and data pipelines, and driving the strategy that keeps Suno a safe and trustworthy place for our community of over 100 million creators.
What You'll Do
$250,000 - $325,000 base salary (before equity)
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.
Suno is a music company built to amplify imagination. Powered by the world’s most advanced AI music model, Suno offers an unparalleled creative platform that includes Suno Studio, a breakthrough generative audio workstation. From shower-singers to aspiring songwriters to seasoned artists, Suno empowers a global community to create, share, and discover music—unlocking the joy of musical expression for all.
About The Role
Suno is hiring an Engineering Manager, Trust & Safety, to lead the team responsible for protecting our platform and users from abuse, fraud, and harmful content. You'll build and grow a high-performing engineering team while staying close to the technical work — designing detection systems, shaping evaluation models and data pipelines, and driving the strategy that keeps Suno a safe and trustworthy place for our community of over 100 million creators.
What You'll Do
- Manage, develop, and grow a team of Trust & Safety engineers — including hiring, performance management, career development, and fostering team culture
- Own the technical direction for bot detection, content moderation, anomaly detection, and fraud prevention systems
- Drive the design and evolution of data pipelines that power detection and enforcement at scale
- Oversee the development of internal tools and dashboards for Trust & Safety operations and investigations
- Partner with product, engineering, legal, and finance leaders to define Suno's Trust & Safety roadmap and coordinate cross-team execution
- Analyze emerging attack vectors and adapt detection strategies to stay ahead of adversarial behavior
- Ensure high code quality, robust testing, and scalable architecture while balancing rapid iteration with long-term maintainability
- 4 years managing an engineering team focused on Trust & Safety, fraud detection, content moderation, or a related domain
- Strong technical foundation in Python and SQL, with the ability to review code, guide architectural decisions, and jump into the codebase when needed
- Experience with data engineering pipelines (Dagster, Airflow, or similar) and analytical databases (Snowflake preferred)
- Understanding of anomaly detection techniques, anti-abuse strategies, bot detection, and content moderation systems
- Experience building and operating real-time systems and event-driven architectures
- Excel at both technical leadership and people management — you can ship complex systems and grow the careers of the engineers who build them
- Thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and can balance multiple priorities while maintaining team focus
- A love of music (listening, exploring, making)
- Experience at a consumer tech or creator-platform company
- Experience at both larger and smaller, high-growth companies
- Experience scaling a Trust & Safety team from early stage to 10 engineers
- Applicants must be eligible to work in the US
- This role requires working onsite 5 days a week, per Suno’s company policy
- Willingness to travel (up to 10%) to collaborate with team members across Suno office locations.
- 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)
$250,000 - $325,000 base salary (before equity)
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.
Salary : $250,000 - $325,000