Senior Staff Cloud-Native Networking Engineer

Equinix; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Equinix is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to build easy-to-operate, reliable, high-performing networking and software services for our next-generation platform. You will lead design and operationalization across critical initiatives, delivering scalable, multi-tenant networking software.

You'll drive CI/CD pipelines, observability, performance tuning, and collaborations across cross-functional teams, while guiding engineers from development to production in a fast-paced, innovative

Qualifications

• 7–10 years in software development for distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud-native networking platforms at scale.
• Hands-on with Docker and Kubernetes and modern networking protocols.

Responsibilities

• Develop software services for a network-adjacent compute platform.
• Design and manage scalable, highly concurrent networking software.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines with tests and automation.
• Develop observability and performance optimization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on production readiness.
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident response.

Skills

Distributed systems

Golang

Leadership

Communication

Networking concepts

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS or related

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

gRPC

Netconf

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Equinix is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to build easy-to-operate, reliable, high-performing networking and software services for our next-generation platform. You will lead design and operationalization across critical initiatives, delivering scalable, multi-tenant networking software.

You'll drive CI/CD pipelines, observability, performance tuning, and collaborations across cross-functional teams, while guiding engineers from development to production in a fast-paced, innovative