Staff Engineer, Product Software (Java/Spring Boot & React) - Singapore

Sourceo; Singapore; On-site; SGD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Equinix in Singapore is seeking a Staff Engineer for Product Software to design and build platform services using Java/Spring Boot and React. You will craft scalable APIs, microservices, and enterprise workflows while collaborating with product engineers, architects, and managers.

The role emphasizes API-first development, CI/CD, and DevSecOps, with opportunities to leverage Generative AI to accelerate design, testing, and operations, ensuring secure, observable, high-performance systems.

Qualifications

• Strong experience building microservices, REST APIs and distributed systems.
• Solid OOP, design principles, architectural patterns and API design.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, data modeling, performance optimization.
• Experience building and supporting cloud-based SaaS/PaaS at scale.
• Hands-on Agile, CI/CD, automated testing, and modern DevOps practices.
• Experience leveraging Generative AI to improve delivery, quality, and productivity.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to technical strategy for modular, scalable microservices.
• Design reusable frameworks and self-service modules for onboarding and lifecycle management.
• Use AI tools to accelerate software design, testing, and operations.
• Collaborate with senior architects on architecture decisions across domains like customer, billing, pricing, commerce.
• Promote design practices for maintainability, observability, and operational excellence.
• Lead by example building secure, reliable systems meeting performance goals.
• Advocate API-first development, CI/CD, and DevSecOps practices.
• Partner with product managers to translate business needs into scalable solutions.
• Contribute to automation and AI-driven monitoring to improve reliability.

Skills

Microservices

REST APIs

Distributed systems

Java

Spring Boot

React

SQL

NoSQL

Cloud SaaS/PaaS

CI/CD

DevOps

Generative AI

Python

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Staff Engineer, Product Software (Java/Spring Boot & React) - Singapore

The Product Software team at Equinix builds next-generation software products and architecture for our Equinix software platform and services offerings. We are looking for engineers responsible for developing consistent APIs with microservices, interacting with multiple consumers and abstracting complex Enterprise Application workflows. Your primary responsibility will be to design and develop platform services, and to collaborate with partner teams to understand their requirements and consumption patterns. Thus, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and product quality is essential. You will work closely with product engineering, architects and product managers.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Contribute to the technical strategy and execution for modular, event-driven, and scalable microservices supporting enterprise workflows
• Design and implement reusable frameworks and self-service modules for service onboarding, configuration, and lifecycle management
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate software design, testing, and operations - e.g., AI-assisted code reviews, test generation, and root cause analysis
• Collaborate with senior architects and cross-functional teams on architecture decisions across customer, billing, pricing, and commerce domains
• Promote design practices that improve maintainability, observability, and operational excellence
• Lead by example—building secure, reliable, and observable systems that meet performance and scalability goals
• Implement and advocate best practices for API-first development, CI/CD automation, and DevSecOps
• Partner with product managers and peers to translate business intent into scalable technical solutions
• Contribute to automation and AI-driven monitoring that improves reliability and accelerates problem resolution

Qualifications

• Strong experience developing microservices, REST APIs, and distributed systems in production environments.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming, software design principles, architectural patterns, and API design.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, including data modeling and performance optimization.
• Experience building and supporting cloud-based SaaS/PaaS products at scale.
• Hands-on experience with Agile development, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern DevOps practices.
• Experience leveraging Generative AI and AI-assisted development tools to improve software delivery, quality, and engineering productivity.
• Ability to evaluate technical trade-offs, contribute to architecture decisions, and drive solutions from design through production.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Python experience is a plus, particularly in automation, data processing, backend services, or AI-related applications.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Core Technology Stack

Successful candidate will

• Be a talent multiplier who gets the team around them to excel
• Be persistent, creative and driven to get results relentlessly
• Exhibit a strong backbone to challenge the status quo, when needed
• Exhibit a high level of curiosity, keeping abreast of the latest trends & technologies
• Show pride of ownership and strive for excellence in everything undertaken

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing [this form](https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=cbKtcscv_kql7p3mpZ9r-50RYwLmhPpKtmEYPKOcl8hURTBBN0xMTllDRVc0VkJUSEYxMEk1V0NJQS4u&origin=lprLink).

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This posting is for a backfill position, meaning it is to fill an existing vacancy within our organization.