Senior Staff Engineer, Equinix

• We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Senior Staff Engineer to design and develop highly scalable, performant network applications
• The ideal candidate is deeply skilled in Java backend technologies, microservices/event-driven architectures and workflow automation with strong frontend exposure and a passion for best practices
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field with 8+ years of professional software development experience
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, concurrency and software design patterns
• Proven experience designing and developing Java/JEE applications with Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, RESTful APIs, JPA/Hibernate, Maven and unit/integration testing frameworks (JUnit)
• Strong frontend development skills using ReactJS, with hands-on experience in microfrontend architecture and UI/UX best practices
• Advanced knowledge of event-driven microservices architecture and messaging systems, specifically Kafka including event schema and design
• Experience with workflow orchestration engines such as Temporal or Camunda for business process automation
• Expertise in data modelling and querying in both relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL stores (Redis, Elasticsearch), plus time-series databases like Prometheus
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or similar tools
• Proficient with version control systems (Git) and monitoring/logging platforms including Grafana, Kibana and Elasticsearch
• Exposure to AI technologies such as natural language processing (NLP), computer vision, predictive analytics or deep learning frameworks
• Excellent problem-solving, communication and teamwork skills

Desirable

• The Network Apps team at Equinix develops advanced network applications powering insights into global infrastructure
• We deliver scalable, high-performance solutions for asset and inventory management, capacity planning and orchestration of fulfillment workflows
• Our work includes data visualization critical to both Equinix and customer services
• Key tools we support include Peering Manager, NetAuto, IXRS and BIRD
• We enable seamless network operations by integrating automation with real-time network intelligence
• You will play a central role in shaping enterprise-scale solutions for Network Apps within a distributed hybrid team
• Design and architect scalable, high-performance network applications
• Develop implementation of workflow automation leveraging Temporal and similar engines, integrating well-designed business process orchestration and event flows
• Enforce best practices across the team including SOLID principles, design patterns, code quality, testing and thorough code reviews
• Develop both backend and frontend components using Java, Spring Framework, Python and ReactJS, including microfrontend architectures for maintainable user interfaces
• Apply expertise in network device protocols such as gNMI and SNMP to enable robust network integration and management
• Manage and optimize diverse data storage solutions including relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL), NoSQL (Redis, Elasticsearch, GraphDB) and time-series databases (Prometheus)
• Drive system performance, reliability, scalability, optimizations and participate in design and architecture discussions
• Mentor engineers, provide technical help and foster a collaborative, high-performance engineering culture
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product management, operations and engineering stakeholders to deliver end-to-end solutions
• Stay current with software engineering best practices, cloud technologies and AI trends relevant to network applications