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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 87 days Pinterest's roles stay open a median of 87 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Pinterest's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Pinterest
- high 190 stale, 10 reposted of 190 open
- Hiring momentum
- 330 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-29
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Pinterest's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Pinterest.
About this role
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Edge team at Pinterest, you will lead efforts to manage automation traffic and shape the rate limiting platform. Your day-to-day will involve building Edge systems, designing solutions for traffic management, implementing request processing logic in Envoy, and collaborating with various teams. Additionally, you will mentor other engineers and participate in incident response for Edge systems.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Pinterest as an employer.
What you need
- 6+ years of experience in infrastructure, networking, or platform engineering with a focus on traffic management systems
- Proficiency in C++, Golang, or Python
- Experience developing L7 HTTP proxies such as Envoy, Nginx, Varnish, and Traefik
- Deep understanding of network protocols across L3-L7
- Experience gathering requirements from internal users and aligning cross-functional stakeholders
- Proven ability to design distributed systems architectures from proposal to production
Nice to have
- Experience with bot detection, scraping prevention, or automation traffic management systems
What you get
- Base salary range of $177,185 — $364,795 USD
- Eligible for equity
Worth weighing
- No relocation assistance offered
- In-office requirement of 1-2 times every 6 months
- Salary range provided, but final salary depends on various factors
Summarised from Pinterest's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Pinterest on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-29. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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