Staff Software Engineer, Edge

Pinterest is a platform that inspires creativity and innovation. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Edge team to lead automation traffic management and enhance their rate limiting platform.

Responsibilities:

• 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