Staff Engineer, Product Software

About the role

Equinix is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to build easy-to-operate, reliable, and high-performing applications and networking software for our next-generation networking platform. You will work with the team to build highly scalable and reliable systems, focusing on networking services through network-adjacent virtualized compute platforms to deliver network primitives and provide a platform for future cloud-native network software. This role presents a great opportunity to make a tangible impact on the future-state technology stack of Equinix's global networks and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in software development towards designing an ecosystem of software services to extend Equinix's networking services through a network-adjacent virtualized compute platform
• Collaborate with team members to design and implement scalable and efficient distributed systems
• Engage in design discussions and code reviews to help maintain high-quality code
• Contribute solid unit tests and integration tests to CICD pipelines to deliver code from commit to deployment in minutes with confidence
• Help identify technical debt and drive continual improvement of our software quality
• Partner with support and operations teams to ensure proper operationalization, observability, and support of our software in Production
• Drive a culture of innovation, excellence & collaboration with other business functions
• Participate in incident management processes and collaborate 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)
• Follow a proactive and collaborative approach to working with cross-functional teams

Qualifications

• 5+ 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
• 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 as the Linux Foundation
• Good understanding of application development stack
• Recent and proficient experience with Golang programming language
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively convey findings, recommendations, and technical details

Pay

• United States - Redwood City Office GHQ: $142,000 - $212,000 USD / Annual
• United States - Denver Office DEO: $118,000 - $176,000 USD / Annual
• United States - Dallas Infomart Office DAI: $118,000 - $176,000 USD / Annual
• United States - Tampa Office TAO: $118,000 - $176,000 USD / Annual
• United States - New York City Office NYO1: $130,000 - $194,000 USD / Annual
• United States - Ashburn Office AEO: $130,000 - $194,000 USD / Annual
• Canada - Toronto Office TRO: $88,000 - $132,000 CAD / Annual

Benefits

Employee Assistance Program available to all employees.

US Benefits:

• Insurance: Health, life, disability and voluntary plans for you and eligible family members
• Retirement: Equinix and employee contributions to a retirement plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays: Accrued PTO each pay period along with various paid holidays

Canada Core Benefits:

• Insurance: Healthcare coverage complementing the provincial system, along with life, disability and optional benefit plans for you and eligible family members
• Retirement: Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Group Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and Tax-Free Savings Plan (TSFA)
• Vacation and Paid Holidays: Vacation and personal time, along with various paid holidays