Staff Software Engineer – Service Communications

Zigsaw

Staff Software Engineer at Pinterest leading technical strategy for service communications. Architecting advanced service mesh features and optimizing traffic across distributed systems.

Posted 6/29/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $177,185 - $364,795 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsJavaPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Architect and deploy advanced service mesh features
Lead organization-wide adoption of service identity and mTLS
Design traffic optimization primitives
Maintain and modernize service framework libraries
Collaborate with service owners across the company
Partner with infrastructure peers on multi-region strategies
Use AI to accelerate analysis and iteration
Join team oncall rotation to manage incident response

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of infrastructure or platform engineering experience
Deep technical expertise in service mesh technologies such as Envoy or Istio
Proficiency across multiple languages (Java, Python, C++)
Strong understanding of service security including mTLS adoption
Proven ability to design highly available and efficient distributed systems
Demonstrated experience driving adoption of complex platform capabilities
Demonstrated experience using AI to accelerate engineering workflows
Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

flexible work arrangements
career development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

Service Mesh ArchitectureTraffic OptimizationDistributed Systems DesignIncident Response ManagementAI in Engineering Workflows

Soft Skills

CollaborationLeadership