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Job Title: Staff Software Engineer, Edge Team.
Intro: The Edge team owns the systems (including CDN, TLS, DNS, ingress/egress proxy fleet, and rate limiting) that connect 600M+ users to Pinterest. We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead our efforts to manage automation traffic (such as bots and crawlers) at the Edge, while shaping the future of our rate limiting platform..
What you’ll do:
- Build Edge systems that combine in-house implementation, open-source software like Envoy proxy, and multiple CDN & DNS providers. Balance what to build, what to leverage from the community, and what to orchestrate across vendors.
- Drive automation traffic management efforts in the Edge space, designing solutions to manage bots and crawlers at scale.
- Design and implement request processing logic in Envoy to support Edge capabilities such as routing, traffic classification, and enforcement. Write, review, and maintain code written in C++, Golang, and Python.
- Collaborate with CDN vendors and internal platform teams to define integration points.
- Study internal user pain points with the rate limiting platform and translate findings into a prioritized roadmap.
- Mentor engineers within the team and demonstrate technical leadership through design reviews, pairing, and coaching.
- Use AI to accelerate prototyping, analysis, and operational tasks, while applying engineering judgment to verify correctness and production-readiness
- Participate in oncall for Edge systems and drive incident response, post-mortems, and reliability improvements.
What we’re looking for:
- 6+ years of experience in infrastructure, networking, or platform engineering, with a deep focus on traffic management systems (CDN, HTTP gateways, service mesh, or load balancing).
- Experience with bot detection, scraping prevention, or automation traffic management systems is a plus.
- Proficiency in C++, Golang, or Python, with experience developing L7 HTTP proxies such as Envoy, Nginx, Varnish, and Traefik.
- Deep understanding of network protocols across L3-L7 and hands-on experience debugging production networking issues at scale.
- Experience gathering requirements from internal users, aligning cross-functional stakeholders, and delivering credible technical plans.
- Proven ability to design distributed systems architectures and drive them from proposal through proof of concept to production.
- Demonstrated experience using AI to accelerate engineering workflows (design exploration, code generation, operational analysis), with a clear approach to validating correctness and quality.
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Relocation Statement:
- This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
In-Office Requirement Statement:
- We recognize that the ideal environment for work is situational and may differ across departments. What this looks like day-to-day can vary based on the needs of each organization or role.
- This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times every 6-months and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.
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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
Our Commitment to Inclusion:
Skills Required
- 6+ years of experience in infrastructure, networking, or platform engineering focused on traffic management systems (CDN, HTTP gateways, service mesh, or load balancing).
- Proficiency in C++, Golang, or Python and experience developing L7 HTTP proxies such as Envoy, Nginx, Varnish, and Traefik.
- Deep understanding of network protocols across L3-L7 and hands-on experience debugging production networking issues at scale.
- Proven ability to design distributed systems architectures and drive them from proposal through proof of concept to production.
- Experience gathering requirements from internal users, aligning cross-functional stakeholders, and delivering credible technical plans.
- Demonstrated experience using AI to accelerate engineering workflows with an approach to validating correctness and quality.
- Experience with bot detection, scraping prevention, or automation traffic management systems.
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- US based applicants only (must be eligible to work in the US).
Pinterest Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Pinterest and has not been reviewed or approved by Pinterest.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Compensation is considered competitive in core technical roles, with clearly defined base, bonus, and RSU components. Vesting schedules and pay elements are articulated clearly, supporting visibility into total rewards.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include substantial paid parental leave globally alongside fertility and family‑building benefits, adoption assistance, and dedicated caregiver supports. Communications also highlight a phased return‑to‑work approach.
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Flexible Benefits — PinFlex enables role‑dependent hybrid/remote work with home‑office, connectivity, and commuter support, plus the option to work internationally for a limited period with approval. Time away is reinforced by a paid company shutdown and generous vacation framing.
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What We Do
Pinterest is the visual inspiration platform people around the world use to shop products personalized to their taste, find ideas to do offline and discover the most inspiring creators. Today, more than 460 million people come to the platform every month to explore and experience billions of ideas that have been saved. We’re proud to help people to discover and do what they love.
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