Principal Engineer, Product Software
EquinixAbout the role
Who are we?
Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet.
Job Summary
This position entails the development of greenfield platform services which authenticate and authorize provisioning APIs used for enabling various Equinix technology streams. An ideal candidate would have 7+ years’ experience in building customer facing Identity Access Management solutions, as well as an advanced understanding of building 99.999 reliability in an AWS cloud environment.
Responsibilities
Software Architecture and Design
Collaborate on the design of a new IAM solution which integrates and coordinates with existing legacy systems to provide seamless customer migration
Create reliable deployment topologies and software designs which satisfy the 99.999 needs of our customers and application partners
Development/Coding
Ability to create written documentation describing complex systems and interactions with existing components
Focus on quality, with an emphasis on building solid unit tests
Understanding of modern IAM constructs such as ABAC, RBAC, Federation / SSO, OpenId Connect, and authoring access policies
Experience in Clojure or other LISP based language nice to have, but not a hard requirement – ideal candidate would be able to learn Clojure quickly with help of LLMs and senior dev staff
Customer/Stakeholder Engagement
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Ability to act as a consultant for internal and external stakeholders as they migrate to the new platform solutions, potentially updating external product code bases to incorporate new IAM solutions
Customer focused with the ability to design systems and software increments which satisfy specific customer use cases
Qualifications
7+ years experience
Bachelor's in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
This position requires in person interviews at one of our Equinix locations
The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:
United States - CA Bay Area : 213,000 - 319,000 USD / Annual
United States - Other posted locations not specifically listed : 177,000 - 265,000 USD / Annual
United States - CA Non-Bay Area, AK, CT, DC, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, VA, WA : 195,000 - 293,000 USD / Annual
Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location.The pay range shown is based on our compensation structure in place at the time of posting and may be updated periodically based on business needs. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.
The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position.
Equinix Benefits
As an employee, you become important to Equinix’s success. We ensure all your benefits are in line with our core values: competitive, inclusive, sustainable, connected and efficient. We keep them c
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