Staff Engineer, Product Software

Equinix; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is on the lookout for a Staff Engineer to enhance hybrid multi-cloud networking solutions. This role is pivotal in engaging with the open-source community, driving innovation, and ensuring the reliability of software applications. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, participate in architectural reviews, and contribute to the development of scalable systems. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and are passionate about technology, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in the digital infrastructure space.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Go or willingness to master it.
• Experience in building scalable distributed systems.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities

• Participate in architectural and design review processes.
• Develop scripts and code for features and modules.
• Drive infrastructure provisioning and automation tools.

Skills

Problem-solving

Go programming

Software development

Distributed systems

Communication skills

Containerization

Observability

gRPC APIs

Continuous learning

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Degree in Software Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

Job description

Staff Engineer, Product Software

Staff Engineer, Product Software

Apply remote type Remote locations Remote Location - United States of America time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id JR-150810

Who are we?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

Our culture is based on collaboration and the growth and development of our teams. We hire hardworking people who thrive on solving challenging problems and give them opportunities to hone new skills and try new approaches, as we grow our product portfolio with new software and network architecture solutions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

Job Summary

Equinix is transforming how the world connects. If you are ready for a new challenge, come join our team and let’s make hybrid multi-cloud networking awesome. We are seeking the right person, with the right mindset and skillset to tap into the open-source community to fuel this journey. We believe that a healthy, open ecosystem is critical to the future of hybrid multi-cloud networking technology. The Equinix Digital Services Business Unit is looking for highly motivated engineers to take Equinix’s engagement in hybrid multi-cloud networking open source to the next level.

Responsibilities

1. Requirements Analysis
   • Understands, reads, and reviews requirements
   • Works with Business Analysts to understand business requirements
   • Interacts with product management teams to understand product requirements
2. Software Architecture
   • Participates in architectural and design review process
3. Software Design
   • Multiple modules design and participate in overall product design
   • Evaluate and recommend adoption of open source
4. Development/Coding
   • Develop scripts and code for a feature and multiple modules and product
   • Cross-technical integration
   • Participates in peer reviews
   • Adoption of standard coding processes
5. Testing
   • Develop unit tests
   • Fixes defects
   • Develop test strategies
   • Recommends testing frameworks
6. DevOps
   • Defines roadmap of automation tools and its value to software engineering practices
   • Drives infrastructure provisioning working with cross-domain teams and works on projecting future infrastructure capacity
   • Takes accountability of the Design Reviews and deliverables
7. Software Reliability & Support Engineering
   • Defines roadmap of production change control and its value to software engineering practices
   • Drives certification processes working with cross-domain teams
   • Takes accountability of the Operational SLAs
   • Debugs L2 and L3 incidents/problems
8. Technical Project Management
   • Provides level of effort (LOE)
   • Works with technical project managers and product management teams to define a schedule
   • Provides status reports
   • Defines and drives release management planning
9. R&D/Innovation
   • Investigates, analyzes, and evaluates new technologies
   • Keeps abreast of new developments to help define the necessary changes to practice

Qualifications

• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to identify and resolve complex issues
• Strong proficiency in Go or a good programmer who's willing to master it, with a proven track record of developing and maintaining robust software applications and distributed/containerized micro-services
• Strong programming foundation with knowledge of data structures, networking, and transactions
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Experience building scalable and fault tolerant distributed systems
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes is a plus
• Detail-oriented with a strong commitment to producing high-quality software
• Continuous learning mindset and willingness to stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends
• Experience in observability (Metric, Logs, Traces) – Prometheus, Grafana, Honeycomb, Splunk
• Experience with C/C++, Java, Rust, or C#
• Experience with UI development
• Strong Experience with gRPC APIs
• DevOps bias to deploy, build confidence through CICD and observability, and learn from failure
• Degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Equivalent work experience will also be considered

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.

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy/ childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political/ organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.