Staff Engineer, Product Software

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We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer who will be responsible for building easy to operate, reliable and high-performing applications and networking software for our next generation networking platform. As a staff engineer, you'll work with the team to build highly scalable and reliable systems. You will focus on building networking services through network-adjacent virtualized compute platforms to deliver network primitives by providing a platform for future cloud-native network software.

You will be a key contributor in building and maintaining the components that drive our customers' experience.

This role presents a great opportunity for a passionate staff engineer to make a tangible impact to the future-state technology stack of Equinix' global networks and infrastructure. If you believe in the power of technology to change the world, and if you value creativity, work comfortably in a fast-paced environment and are eager to learn new technologies, we would like to talk to you.

• Actively participate in the software development towards designing an ecosystem of software services to extend Equinix's networking services through a network-adjacent virtualized compute platform

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

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

• Contribute solid unit tests and integration tests to CICD pipelines to deliver code from commit to deployment in minutes with confidence

• Help identify technical debt and drive continual improvement of our software quality

• Partner with support and operations teams to ensure proper operationalization, observability, and support of our software in Production

• Drive a culture of innovation, excellence & collaboration with other business functions

• Participate in incident management processes and collaborating with the team in troubleshooting strategies and fixing production issues in a timely manner

• Participate in an on-call rotation (when we get software into Production)

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

• 5+ years experience in software development, preferably building & operating highly reliable distributed systems

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in computer science or relevant engineering field or equivalent industry experience

• Experience in building software defined multi-tenant networking platforms at scale using cloud-native networking technologies and ecosystems

• Understanding of L2/L3 networking protocols and concepts (BGP, EVP-LAN, IPSEC, etc)

• Experience in working with network management protocols: gRPC, Netconf

• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies:
  Docker, Kubernetes, or other open-source alternatives

• Experience with public cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure) services and technologies

• Expertise in automating deployments of applications into Kubernetes on x86 deployments

• Experience with open source and networking technologies, ecosystems, communities and industry forums such the Linux Foundation

• Good understanding of application development stack

• Recent and proficient experience with Golang programming language

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

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

United States - Redwood City Office GHQ : 142, USD / Annual

United States - Denver Office DEO : 118, USD / Annual

United States - Dallas Infomart Office DAI : 118, USD / Annual

United States - Tampa Office TAO : 118, USD / Annual

United States - New York City Office NYO1 : 130, USD / Annual

United States - Ashburn Office AEO : 130, USD / Annual

Canada - Toronto Office TRO : 88, CAD / 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.

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