Senior Staff Engineer, Equinix

Software Defined Dataplane

CA$131-181k

US salary range: $136,000 - $245,000 (USD), dependent on location. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Linux

Azure

Golang

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Toronto

Remote from Canada, US

Digital infrastructure company

Open for applications

Digital infrastructure company

1001+ employees

B2BCommunicationSaaSCloud Computing

Open for applications

CA$131-181k

US salary range: $136,000 - $245,000 (USD), dependent on location. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Linux

Azure

Golang

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Toronto

Remote from Canada, 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

This role presents a great opportunity for a passionate senior engineer to make a tangible impact to the future-state technology stack of Equinix’ global networks and infrastructure
If you believe in the power of technology to change the world, and if you value creativity, work comfortably in a fast-paced environment and are eager to learn new technologies, we would like to talk to you
7-10 years experience in software development, preferably building & operating highly reliable distributed systems
Bachelor’s/Master's degree in computer science or relevant engineering field or equivalent industry experience
Experience in building software defined multi-tenant networking platforms at scale using cloud-native networking technologies and ecosystems
Deep understanding of L2/L3 networking protocols and concepts (BGP, EVP-LAN, IPSEC, etc)
Experience in working with network management protocols: gRPC, Netconf
Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, or other open-source alternatives
Experience with public cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure) services and technologies
Expertise in automating deployments of applications into Kubernetes on x86 deployments
Experience with open source and networking technologies, ecosystems, communities and industry forums such the Linux Foundation
Good understanding of application development stack
Substantive track record with Golang programming language
Experience in leading and mentoring a team of developers to ensure timely delivery of high-quality software
Excellent writing and verbal communications skills from engineering to executive

What the job involves

We're looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer who will be responsible for building easy to operate, reliable and high-performing applications and networking software for our next generation networking platform
As a senior staff engineer, you’ll work with the team to build highly scalable and reliable systems
You will participate in software design and operationalization - providing leadership in all aspects of running services across critical and pivotal initiatives
You will focus on building networking services through network-adjacent virtualized compute platforms to deliver network primitives by providing a platform for future cloud-native network software
You will be a key contributor in building and maintaining the components that drive our customers’ experience
Software development towards designing an ecosystem of software services to extend Equinix’s networking services through a network-adjacent virtualized compute platform
Design and manage networking software services in highly concurrent, scalable, distributed transactional systems
Aligning technical design of software systems with business outcomes to ensure our software services meet customer SLAs
Contribute and lead the team to set up CICD pipelines with solid unit tests and integration tests to help deliver code from commit to deployment in minutes with confidence
Develop an observability strategy for our software services
Work with the team for constant improvement of system performance and scale using system profiling tools and stress testing techniques
Help identify technical debt and drive continual improvement of our software quality
Contribute to next-generation networking proof-of-concept projects in close collaboration with cross functional teams to deliver tangible outcomes that guide new technology investments and implementation decisions to evolve the network technology stack
Partner with support and operations teams to ensure proper operationalization and support of our software in Production
Drive a culture of innovation, excellence & collaboration with other business functions
Participate in designing and improving incident management processes and collaborating with the team in troubleshooting strategies and fixing production issues in a timely manner
Participate in an on-call rotation (when we get software into Production)

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 (3.8)

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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