Senior Staff Engineer - Cloud-Native Networking & Golang

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Colorado

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Equinix in Colorado is seeking an experienced software engineer to design and operate networked software services. You will work on highly concurrent, distributed systems and contribute to CI/CD, testing, observability, and production support.

The role emphasizes cloud-native networking, multi-tenant platforms, and strong collaboration across teams. Applicants should have 7–10 years of experience, a CS degree or equivalent, and deep knowledge of L2/L3 protocols, gRPC, Netconf, and containerized

Qualifications

7-10 years of experience in software development, building and operating highly reliable distributed systems.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS or related field, or equivalent industry experience.
Experience building software-defined, multi-tenant networking platforms at scale.
Experience with cloud-native networking technologies and ecosystems.
Deep understanding of L2/L3 networking protocols, including BGP, EVPN, and IPsec.
Experience with gRPC and Netconf network management protocols.
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or other containerization/orchestration alternatives.
Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure services and technologies.
Expertise automating application deployments into Kubernetes on x86 platforms.
Experience with open-source networking technologies, ecosystems, communities, and Linux Foundation.

Responsibilities

Develop software services extending Equinix networking services through a network-adjacent virtualized compute platform.
Design and manage networking software services in highly concurrent, scalable, distributed transactional systems.
Align technical software-system design with business outcomes and customer SLAs.
Lead and contribute to CI/CD pipelines, unit tests, and integration tests.
Develop observability strategies for software services.
Improve system performance and scale using profiling tools and stress-testing techniques.
Identify technical debt and drive continual software-quality improvement.
Contribute to next-generation networking proof-of-concept projects with cross-functional teams.
Partner with support and operations teams to operationalize and support production software.
Drive innovation, excellence, and collaboration across business functions.
Improve incident-management processes, troubleshooting strategies, and production issue resolution.
Participate in an on-call rotation when software is in production.
Build and maintain components that support customer experience and Equinix's global networks and infrastructure.