Senior Staff Engineer: Platform Architecture & Cloud

Equinix; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Health insurance

Retirement plan

PTO & holidays

Job summary

Equinix is seeking an experienced software engineering leader to design and deliver scalable systems. You will guide architecture, mentor engineers, and drive end-to-end solutions across product, architecture, operations, and engineering teams.

The role emphasizes Java, microservices, APIs, databases, and distributed systems, with NFV, virtual networking, and cloud-native platforms as key areas of focus. Strong leadership and collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Strong experience with Java, microservices, APIs, databases, and distributed systems.
• Experience with NFV, virtual networking, BGP, orchestration, and cloud-native platforms.
• Experience leading technical designs and guiding engineers through complex implementations.
• Strong problem‑solving, technical decision‑making, collaboration, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Leads architecture and design for complex features and services.
• Provides technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams.
• Drives technical discussions and helps teams make sound design decisions.
• Evaluates technical trade-offs across scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Mentors engineers and promotes engineering best practices.
• Collaborates across teams to drive end-to-end solutions.
• Designs and develops solutions using Java, microservices, APIs, and databases.
• Drives integration across multiple services and platforms.
• Leads design and code reviews and promotes software quality.
• Designs orchestration and automation workflows.
• Troubleshoots complex issues across application, infrastructure, and networking layers.
• Strong understanding of NFV concepts and VNF lifecycle management
• Experience with network/security vendors, VNF images, onboarding, upgrades, and migrations
• Strong knowledge of virtual networking, BGP, routing, VLAN/VXLAN, and network connectivity
• Experience with network/VNF performance characterization, throughput, latency, and troubleshooting
• Understanding of high availability, resiliency, and recovery architectures
• Experience with Kubernetes, containers, virtualization, and cloud-native architectures
• Drives improvements in automation, observability, reliability, and operational readiness
• Supports production troubleshooting, root‑cause analysis, and long‑term engineering improvements
• Evaluates emerging technologies and recommends practical adoption

Skills

Java

Microservices

APIs

Databases

Distributed systems

NFV concepts

Virtual networking

BGP

Orchestration

Cloud-native platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Containerization

Virtualization

Cloud-native platforms

Job description

Equinix is seeking an experienced software engineering leader to design and deliver scalable systems. You will guide architecture, mentor engineers, and drive end-to-end solutions across product, architecture, operations, and engineering teams.

The role emphasizes Java, microservices, APIs, databases, and distributed systems, with NFV, virtual networking, and cloud-native platforms as key areas of focus. Strong leadership and collaboration are essential.