Staff Edge Engineer: AI-Driven Traffic & Bots

Pinterest; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 177,000 - 365,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Pinterest is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for the Edge Team to lead automation traffic management and shape the rate-limiting platform for 600M+ users. You will build Edge systems combining in-house code, Envoy, and CDN/DNS providers, and drive bot/crawler management at scale.

You will prototype using AI, mentor engineers, and collaborate across CDN vendors and internal teams to deliver a robust, scalable edge architecture.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in infrastructure, networking, or platform engineering with focus on traffic management systems.
• Proficiency in C++, Go, or Python; experience with L7 proxies like Envoy, Nginx, Varnish, Traefik.
• Deep understanding of L3-L7 protocols; hands-on debugging of production networking issues.
• Experience gathering requirements, aligning stakeholders, and delivering technical plans.
• Demonstrated ability to design distributed systems and lead them to production.
• Experience using AI to accelerate engineering workflows with validated results.

Responsibilities

• Build Edge systems combining in-house code, Envoy, and multiple CDN/DNS providers.
• Lead automation traffic management for bots and crawlers at scale.
• Design and implement request processing logic in Envoy for routing, classification, enforcement.
• Collaborate with CDN vendors and internal teams to define integration points.
• Translate internal user pain points into a prioritized roadmap.
• Mentor engineers through reviews, pairing, and coaching.
• Use AI to accelerate prototyping, analysis, and operations with governance.
• Participate in on-call for Edge systems and drive incident response and reliability.

Skills

Infrastructure engineering

Networking

Platform engineering

Traffic management

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in CS/CE or equivalent

Tools

Envoy

Nginx

Varnish

Traefik

Job description

Pinterest is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for the Edge Team to lead automation traffic management and shape the rate-limiting platform for 600M+ users. You will build Edge systems combining in-house code, Envoy, and CDN/DNS providers, and drive bot/crawler management at scale.

You will prototype using AI, mentor engineers, and collaborate across CDN vendors and internal teams to deliver a robust, scalable edge architecture.