Staff Software Engineer, Edge

Zigsaw

Staff Software Engineer managing Edge systems for Pinterest, automating traffic management and mentoring engineers. Collaborating on solutions for bots and crawlers while implementing request processing logic.

Posted 6/30/2026full-time🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $177,185 - $364,795 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsDNSGoNGINXPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

ATS Keywords

✓ Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

Traffic ManagementBot DetectionScraping PreventionNetwork Protocols L3-L7Distributed Systems ArchitectureDebugging Production Networking IssuesAutomation Traffic ManagementRequest Processing Logic DesignAI in Engineering WorkflowsIntegration with CDN Vendors

Soft Skills

Technical LeadershipMentoring EngineersCollaboration with StakeholdersProblem-SolvingCommunication

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceMaster's Degree in Computer EngineeringPhD in Related Field