Senior Staff Engineer, Software-Defined Networking Platform

Equinix, Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Equinix, Inc. is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 280+ data centers and providing interconnections to major clouds and networks.

We seek a Senior Staff Software Engineer to build scalable networking software and a next-gen compute platform to deliver network primitives for digital interconnection services. You will work on highly scalable systems, lead design and operationalization, and shape the future state of Equinix’s global networks while thriving in a fast-paced,

Qualifications

• 7-10 years experience in software development, preferably building & operating highly reliable distributed systems.
• Bachelor’s/Master's degree in computer science or relevant engineering field or equivalent industry experience.
• Experience in building software.

Responsibilities

• Develop software services to extend Equinix networking capabilities with a network-adjacent compute platform.
• Design and manage networking software services in highly concurrent, scalable, distributed systems.
• Align technical design with business outcomes to satisfy customer SLAs.
• Lead CI/CD pipelines with unit and integration tests to enable rapid deployment.
• Develop an observability strategy for software services.
• Improve system performance and scale using profiling and stress testing.
• Identify technical debt and drive ongoing software quality improvements.
• Contribute to next-gen networking proof-of-concept projects with cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with support and operations to productionize and sustain software.
• Foster innovation, excellence & collaboration across functions.
• Participate in incident management design and troubleshooting strategies.
• Participate in an on-call rotation.

Skills

Software development

Distributed systems

System reliability

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in computer science or relevant engineering

Job description

Equinix, Inc. is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 280+ data centers and providing interconnections to major clouds and networks.

We seek a Senior Staff Software Engineer to build scalable networking software and a next-gen compute platform to deliver network primitives for digital interconnection services. You will work on highly scalable systems, lead design and operationalization, and shape the future state of Equinix’s global networks while thriving in a fast-paced,