Staff Software Engineer, Edge
Core
Lead the Edge team in building and managing automation traffic management systems (CDN, TLS, DNS, rate limiting) to connect 600M+ users to Pinterest.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure/Networking
Builds
Edge systems combining in-house implementation, open-source software (Envoy), and multiple CDN/DNS providers
Domain
Internet Infrastructure, Networking, Traffic Management
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
C++, Golang, Python, L7 HTTP proxies (Envoy, Nginx), distributed systems architecture, network protocols (L3-L7), bot detection, incident response
Preferred skills
automation traffic management, rate limiting platform design, cross-functional stakeholder alignment
Technologies
Envoy, CDN, DNS, TLS, Golang, C++, Python
Responsibilities
Design and implement request processing logic in Envoy for routing and traffic classification; drive automation traffic management efforts to manage bots and crawlers; mentor engineers and lead design reviews; participate in oncall and drive incident response; study user pain points to prioritize the rate limiting roadmap
Seniority
Staff, technical leadership & mentorship
