Principal Open Source Program Manager, Equinix
$160-273k
Salary applicable to San Francisco applicants only
Digital infrastructure company
Job no longer available
Digital infrastructure company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$160-273k
Salary applicable to San Francisco applicants only
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide finance, manufacturing, transport, government, and healthcare organizations a cloud-first world.
Role
Who you are
- This is a senior role and an outstanding opportunity for a passionate leader to join our team and make a significant impact to our technology vision
- If you fully believe in the power of technology to change the world, we would like to talk to you
- Preferably, a bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related engineering field
- Proven years of relevant technology, software engineering and/or open-source experience, including within at least one technology domain across the infrastructure stack. Proven years' experience is preferred
- Experience with open technologies, cloud-native ecosystems, and open-source & developer communities such as the Linux Foundation
- Experience developing code deployed in large-scale infrastructures. Experience examples include infrastructure engineering, DevOps, tooling/product/API development, open-source contributions, etc
- Solid technical understanding of distributed infrastructure and hybrid, multi-cloud architectures (engineering/operations experience a bonus)
- Excellent writing and verbal communications skills from engineering to executive
- Excellent collaboration and people skills
What the job involves
- The Office of the CTO (OCTO) within Equinix is chartered with driving technology innovation; technology roadmap & architecture; and thought leadership with a focus on building a closer engagement with the open-source and software developer communities
- We are launching the Equinix Open-Source Program Office (OSPO), homed within the OCTO organization, to accelerate the adoption of open-source software internally and expand contributions and active engagements in developer communities by Equinix’s engineering teams
- We are looking for a “Principal Open-Source Program Manager” to lead the newly-created OSPO function in close collaboration with key stakeholders and engineering teams across the company
- This role reports directly to the Chief Technology Officer at Equinix
- As Principal Open-Source Program Manager, you will have the opportunity to help develop a company-wide framework to drive and coordinate various open-source-related initiatives; serve as an advisor and thought leader to the technical community at Equinix on questions related to open source; and closely interact with the external developer communities, such as the Linux Foundation
- The Equinix Open-Source Program Office (OSPO) is responsible (directly or indirectly) for the following:
- Inbound open source (use of external open-source projects): Manage policies and license compliance, collaborate with engineering, InfoSec and release teams. Manage relationships with open-source tool vendors
- Outbound open source (release and management of internal open-source projects): Manage public projects on GitHub, and collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, including Developer Relations, Legal, Engineering and Product
- Open-source funding: Support the funding process for internal and external open-source initiatives
- Promotion of open-source mindset and practices internally: Train developers on open-source policies and practices. Develop and provide introduction content for new-hire onboarding
- External collaboration: Maintain relationships with open-source practitioners at external organizations, including the TODO Group, the Linux Foundation, CHAOSS and OSSF
- Other: Develop and publish metrics on open-source contributions. Work with Marketing to publicize open-source activities. Manage GitHub permissions, access, and settings
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
9% employee growth in 12 months
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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