Principal Engineer, Equinix
Product Software
$177-298k
+ Bonus
Digital infrastructure company
Be an early applicant
Digital infrastructure company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$177-298k
+ Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide finance, manufacturing, transport, government, and healthcare organizations a cloud-first world.
Role
Who you are
- Strong experience in building and operating highly reliable distributed systems
- Strong understanding of containerization technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, CSI, and CNI
- Solid understanding of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), networking protocols, DPDK and/or VPP
- Uncompromising in implementing CI/CD for any code deployed beyond your laptop
- Recent and proficient experience with Golang (Go) and Python and API development
- Proficiency in Linux concepts such as PCI devices, kernel capabilities, and qemu virtualization
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills to troubleshoot and resolve distributed system issues
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively convey findings, recommendations, and technical details to various stakeholders
- Continuous learning mindset and willingness to stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends
- Have worked in a globally distributed team
What the job involves
- This role will be joining a platform team dedicated to expanding Equinix compute offerings
- We are building a new platform to incorporate virtualization and advanced networking to offer customers a brand-new mechanism to consume Equinix Digital Services
- This project also paves the way for future opportunities as we evaluate potential products to meet our growing customer needs
- As a Principal Engineer, you’ll work with product teams, analysts, other engineers to architect systems and application software, and mentor members of the team
- This position is part of the Edge Infrastructure Services organization, with a mission to bring cloudlike access to Equinix’s platform
- Architect, implement, and maintain a new platform for a high-performance networking and compute platform
- Closely collaborate with Product Management and internal stakeholders to ensure good product-market fit and direction
- Foster an efficient build-it and run-it culture, blurring the lines between operations and development, reducing time to fix issues
- Engage with global Equinix community both internally and externally
- Serve as a technical liaison for customer advisories and incidents
- Facilitate and manage cross-stakeholder discussions to ensure alignment on compute platform requirements and design trade-offs, while considering performance, scalability, and reliability factors
- Bring passion, enthusiasm, peer review and mentorship, and a positive attitude to the team
- Model great engineering by writing efficient and secure code while constructively reviewing that of your peers and maintaining a high bar
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
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Equinix employees receive excellent health care and counseling plans that vary by country to ensure the well-being of you and your family. We offer paid vacations and holidays and encourage community involvement year-round via volunteer opportunities
- Spending time with your loved ones and taking care of your family are important. Equinix provides a range of country-specific programs that ensure you have the resources needed to thrive and manage your family’s needs
- Equinix offers different programs to help you build your financial security, make charitable donations and seek additional education. In many countries we also offer a flexible employee stock purchase plan
Company values
- Seek something bigger - Come drive meaningful change as part of the world’s trusted, leading digital infrastructure company. Together, our work enables innovation that enriches our work, life and planet
- Challenge assumptions - Bring your unique perspectives and contributions to help us make bold decisions, become aware of biases and remove any barriers that still exist
- Want to unlock your potential - Achieve, learn, adapt and be comfortable building a fulfilling career. We are here to help you unlock your potential
Company HQ
Redwood Shores, Redwood City, CA
Articles
Leadership
Charles Meyers
(President & CEO (Not Founder))Former Senior Associate at Booz Allen & Hamilton, President and COO at BellSouth.net, and VP of Business and Corp Development at Internet Security Systems. Before becoming CEO of Equinix, they were a Senior Technology Executive and Fitness Entrepreneur at Life Restorations LLC and Group President of Messaging and Mobile Media at VeriSign.
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