Staff Platform Engineer: Service Mesh & Reliability

Pinterest; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 177,185 - 364,795; Full time

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead technical strategy in high-layer networking systems. The role involves architecting and deploying advanced service mesh features, ensuring service-to-service security, and collaborating on multi-cloud strategies.

Ideal candidates will have significant experience in infrastructure engineering, expertise in service mesh technologies like Envoy or Istio, and proficiency in Java, Python, and C++. A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science is preferred. The position offers a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in infrastructure or platform engineering, especially distributed systems.
• Expertise in service mesh technologies like Envoy and L7 proxying.
• Proficient in Java, Python, and C++ with library/tool building experience.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy advanced service mesh features.
• Lead adoption of service identity and mTLS for security.
• Design traffic optimization primitives for cost reduction.
• Maintain and modernize service framework libraries.
• Collaborate on multi-region and multi-cloud strategies.

Skills

Infra or platform engineering experience

Service mesh technologies (Envoy or Istio)

Multiple programming languages (Java, Python, C++)

Service security and identity management

Designing distributed systems

Driving platform capability adoption

Using AI in engineering workflows

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Pinterest is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead technical strategy in high-layer networking systems. The role involves architecting and deploying advanced service mesh features, ensuring service-to-service security, and collaborating on multi-cloud strategies.

Ideal candidates will have significant experience in infrastructure engineering, expertise in service mesh technologies like Envoy or Istio, and proficiency in Java, Python, and C++. A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science is preferred. The position offers a competitive salary.