Staff Engineer, Product Software

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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
Requirements Analysis

• Understands, reads, and reviews requirements

• Works with Business Analysts to understand business requirements

• Interacts with product management teams to understand product requirements

Software Architecture

• Participates in architectural and design review process

Software Design

• Multiple modules design and participate in overall product design

• Evaluate and recommend adoption of open source (pivot points to Software Architecture job family)

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

Testing

• Develop unit tests

• Fixes defects

• Develop test strategies

• Recommends testing frameworks

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

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

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

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

• 5 + years experience with 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++, 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

The United States targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are: • San Francisco, CA / Bay Area: $139,000 to $209,000 per year • California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $130,000 to $194,000 per year • Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $118,000 to $176,000 per year Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training. This position may be offered in other locations. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process. The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position. As an employee, you become important to Equinix's success. Details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: USA Benefits eBook

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.

The United States targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are: • San Francisco, CA / Bay Area: $139,000 to $209,000 per year • California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $130,000 to $194,000 per year • Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $118,000 to $176,000 per year Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training. This position may be offered in other locations. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process. The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position. As an employee, you become important to Equinix's success. Details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: USA Benefits eBook