Principal Engineer, Product Software

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Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 250 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. 

Principal Engineer, Product Software

Job Summary

Provides appropriate design solutions. Verifies stability, interoperability, portability, security, or scalability of architecture. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to provide scalable and secure solutions.

Responsibilities

• Work in a globally distributed development team on Hybrid Multi-cloud Networking open-source software

• Cultivate Equinix’s open-source presence and reputation in open-source organizations, standards bodies and more like Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), Linux Foundation, etc. Interact with stakeholder(s) to understand and document the product feature(s)

• Provides a level of effort (LOE) for the product backlog. Work with technical project managers and product management teams to define a schedule

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

• Help in the evaluation and recommendation of appropriate technologies for product features and platform

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

• Prioritizing and parallelizing the tasks in hand and dealing with ad-hoc requests

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience or related experience in designing and building highly redundant network infrastructure for campus networks with an emphasis on IPv4 and IPv6, IP Routing, RIB/FIB, BGP and PBR, IP and BGP routing to CSPs, Zero Trust, SDN and Cloud Networking

• 5+ years of experience or related experience applying network and security principles within a cloud infrastructure deployment. Demonstrated experience in secure transport methods (SSH, TLS, IPSEC, Wireguard), IAM, VPCs and connectivity such as IaaS peering and VPN solutions

• A deep understanding of OSI Layer and its application

• Strong track record of delivering resilient network systems and services with a focus on delivering amazing experiences for end users

• Strong hands-on technical skills. Can drill deep into the complex network system design and implementation when needed. Familiarity with APIs and designing solutions to leverage interfaces to build network automation or capabilities such as dashboarding or monitoring

• Comfortable programming in languages such as Go, Python, C/C++, Rust, is ideal

• DevOps mindset to improve CICD using GitHub Actions and review DORA metrics to improve processes

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

• San Francisco, CA / Bay Area: $179,000 to $304,000 per year

• California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $172,000 to $293,000 per year

• Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $159,000 to $271,000 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-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.

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