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

Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company. Much of the internet that you know flows through our rapid interconnected network and data centers. Our Equinix Internet Exchange is the world's largest Internet Exchange while our Equinix Fabric has the largest market share in Software Defined Interconnection. Our team is building Equinix's next generation networking and Multi Cloud Networking platforms which enable all Equinix's Digital Interconnection services.

We are looking for an experienced Staff Engineer to help us build and operate a highly scalable, available, and distributed software-based network data-plane service.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in the development and operation of data-plane components

• Engage in design discussions and code reviews and help to maintain good quality code

• Collaborate with team members to design and implement scalable and efficient distributed systems

• Follow a proactive and collaborative approach to working with cross-functional teams

• Work closely with product managers to ensure alignment with customer requirements

• Focus on performance, scalability, maintainability, and reliability

Qualifications

• Recent and proficient experience with Golang

• Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, or other open-source alternatives

• Strong experience in building & operating highly reliable distributed systems

• Experience with building software as a service and running services in Production with 24x7 on-call

• Experience with API frameworks such as gRPC and REST

• Proficient in data management systems and technologies such as Neo4J

• Experience with network concepts and protocols – TCP/IP, BGP, VxLAN, MPLS

• Proficient in using continuous integration and continuous deployment technologies: Buildkite, Github Actions, ArgoCD

• Hands-on experience with observability stack (metrics, logs, traces) such as Grafana, Prometheus, Thanos

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

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

Preferred

• Experience with low level languages like C or C++

• Familiarity with IPSec protocols and related software such as StrongSwan

• Knowledge of packet processing technologies such as VPP and DPDK

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
• California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $130,000 to $194,000 per year
• Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $118,000 to $176,000 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, ex