Principal Engineer, Equinix

Cloud Storage

$159-304k

Salary is applicable to US based candidates only, is partially dependent on location and may vary on further locations. + Bonus

Kubernetes

Expert level

Remote from France, Germany, UK, US

Digital infrastructure company

Job no longer available

Digital infrastructure company

1001+ employees

B2BCommunicationSaaSCloud Computing

Job no longer available

$159-304k

Salary is applicable to US based candidates only, is partially dependent on location and may vary on further locations. + Bonus

Kubernetes

Expert level

Remote from France, Germany, UK, US

1001+ employees

B2BCommunicationSaaSCloud Computing

Company mission

To provide finance, manufacturing, transport, government, and healthcare organizations a cloud-first world.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

You have a broad background writing software, and operating production systems at scale, in various contexts and have some specialties in modern cloud infrastructure and systems
You have experience with networked storage (iSCSI, NVMe-TCP, RoCE, NFS, object storage, and MPIO) and able to explain at a high level to a CEO while going deep with technical teams
Networks aren’t the network architects problem to solve, you’re in deep with them. MPLS, VXLAN, EVPN, DCB, PFC, and multicast are all network technologies you’re comfortable with
You are equally happy writing an operator in k8s or dropping into the Linux kernel
You have strong opinions about the direction of cloud infrastructure, but you hold them loosely and enjoy working with others to achieve the best outcomes
You blur the lines between development and operations. The best team to debug a novel production problem is the team that wrote what’s running
You're an expert in at least one programming language, proficient with several others, and have opinions about them all. You need to be able to build good, modular abstractions and motivate engineers who are building production software
You make decisions with data when available, and push for making them available when they aren't
You enjoy communicating through written English. As knowledge workers, we are effectively teachers and historians
You're a servant leader, understanding that your team is successful because of you working to empower them and remove barriers

What the job involves

Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company. Much of the internet that you know flows through our interconnected network and data centers
We're looking for a Principal Engineer who will drive the innovation, design, implementation, and improvement of large-scale systems with critical uptime requirements for the next phase of our growth
Principals and above on the Edge Infra team are very much leaders with a seat at the table, but they’re hands-on
You will create and design, but you'll also implement those designs and model great engineering behavior for the team so we can grow
Drive execution of at least one major product area. Depending on the size and scope this could be a family of products
Closely collaborate with other leadership, product management, and internal customers across Equinix on requirements and schedule
Help directors and other managers staff projects with the right engineers
Build an R&D culture, bootstrapping new solutions or dependencies as needed
Foster an efficient build-it-and-run-it culture, blurring the lines between operations and development, reducing friction to fixing things that are broken
Engage the global Equinix community internally and externally. Much of the work of the team will be freely available to the world through open-source

Our take

Equinix is a veteran player in the digital infrastructure market, connecting industry-leading organizations in finance, manufacturing, retail, transportation, government, healthcare, and education.

The company provides a range of services within the categories of digital, support, data center, and interconnection, with capabilities including, for example, simplifying hybrid cloud deployments or securing on-site deployments. It has an extensive range of partners, granting its clients access to a vast range of industry-leading technologies atop its own offerings.

With a wide global presence, Equinix has secured a path to continued success by its ability to keep abreast of developments in the space. The company is comfortably positioned to remain a robust and leading player across multiple growth avenues and can be expected to make more smart developments and partnerships in the future.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Led by a woman

9% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.1)

Trustpilot (2.5)

Company

Company HQ

Redwood Shores, Redwood City, CA

Leadership

Adaire Fox-Martin

(CEO & President)

Prior to becoming CEO of Equinix in 2024, Adaire spent nearly 3 years at Google in various roles, including Head of Google Ireland and President of Google Cloud Go to Market. She also spent nearly 14 years at SAP and over 18 years at Oracle Corporation.

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