Staff Engineer, Product Software

Who are we?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals. 

Our culture is based on collaboration and the growth and development of our teams.  We hire hardworking people who thrive on solving challenging problems and give them opportunities to hone new skills and try new approaches, as we grow our product portfolio with new software and network architecture solutions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success. 

Job Summary
Works with product teams, analysts and other engineers to design systems and application software, and mentor junior members of the team

Responsibilities

• Hands-on Design, Development, and Support of Software Products and Solutions

• Collaborating with product management & clients to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirements

• Defining the vision for the product and maintaining a cohesive vision throughout the process

• Creating a product roadmap based on this vision, managing the product backlog, and prioritizing the tasks based on changing requirements

• Overseeing all stages of product creation, including design and development

• Working with the product team and end-users to deliver updates and status reports

• Participating in Scrum meetings and product sprints

• Monitoring and evaluating product progress at each stage of the process

• Develop unit test plans, and test suites, and perform tests on software solutions

• Solve bugs, engage in troubleshooting, and interact with the internal developer community

• Assist in the analysis & evaluation of new technologies to meet the demand for the product roadmap and technology platform goals

• Advocate and follow best design and development practices adhering to Engineering standards

• Participate in the Design & Peer Code Review process

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field.

• 6+ years of software development working experience with 5+ years of working experience in Java and Java Spring framework.

• 2+ years of experience in working closely with product management and/or clients

• Work experience and knowledge of REST API development. 

• Work experience in messaging service like Kafka or RabbitMQ

• Experience using RDBMS such as Postgres, Oracle, etc

• Hands-on experience with public clouds such as AWS, Azure, or GCP

• Hands-on experience with K8S, docker, and a good understanding of virtualization technologies 

• Solid understanding of AI, LLMs, Agentic AI concepts and applying them at work

• Agile-scrum methodology experience in a software development team

• DevOps and CI/CD work experience and knowledge will be a plus

• Excellent communication, organization, and presentation skills

• Disciplined approach to unit testing and TDD where appropriate

• Should have good knowledge of Agile/Scrum, continuous integration, and deployment.

The United States targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:

• San Francisco, CA / Bay Area: $139,000 to $209,000 per year

Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-rela