Senior Staff Engineer, Product Software

Senior Staff Engineer, Product Software

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 240+ data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. With Equinix Metal, customers can rapidly deploy automated single-tenant infrastructure and interact with 2,100 networks and 3,000+ cloud and service providers. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed.

At Equinix, we help the world’s digital leaders scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences, and transform people’s lives. 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

This role will be joining a brand new team dedicated to expanding Equinix compute offerings. This role will also work with product teams, analysts and other engineers to design systems and application software, and mentor junior members of the team. This position is part of the Edge Infrastructure Services organization, whose mission is to bring cloudlike access to Equinix’s platform.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and maintain a solution for a high-performance networking and compute platform

• Closely collaborate with Product Management and internal stakeholders to ensure good product-market fit and direction

• Foster an efficient build-it and run-it culture, blurring the lines between operations and development, reducing time to fix issues

• Engage with global Equinix community both internally and externally

• Facilitate cross-stakeholder discussions to ensure alignment on compute platform requirements and design trade-offs, while considering performance, scalability, and reliability factors

• Bring passion, enthusiasm, and a positive attitude to the team

• Mentor though pair programming, review, and discussion

Qualifications

• Recent and proficient experience with Golang (Go)

• Strong experience in building and operating highly reliable distributed systems

• Strong understanding of containerization technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, CSI, and CNI.

• Proficiency in Linux concepts such as PCI devices, kernel capabilities, and qemu virtualization

• Proficient in using continuous integration and continuous deployment technologies such as ArgoCD and GitHub Actions

• Solid understanding of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), networking protocols, DPDK and/or VPP

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills to troubleshoot and resolve distributed system issues

• Model great engineering by writing and reviewing code and socializing the team’s work

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively convey findings, recommendations, and technical details to various stakeholders

• Have worked in a globally distributed team

• Continuous learning mindset and willingness to stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.

The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are: • San Francisco, CA / Bay Area: $143,000 to $235,000 per year • California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $137,000 to $225,000 per year • Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $124,000 to $204,000 per year Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time