Principal Engineer, Product Software

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.

• 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.
• Write clear documentation describing complex systems and interactions with existing components.
• Focus on quality, with an emphasis on building solid unit tests.
• Understand modern IAM constructs such as ABAC, RBAC, Federation/SSO, OpenID Connect, and authoring access policies.
• Ability to learn Clojure or another LISP-based language quickly if needed.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders as they migrate to the new platform solutions, potentially updating external product code bases to incorporate new IAM solutions.
• Design systems and software increments that satisfy specific customer use cases.
• Maintain excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

• 7+ years of professional experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.

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

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.

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 race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, 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.