Senior Staff Engineer, Product Software

Who are we?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet.

Job Summary

This role will be joining a platform team dedicated to expanding Equinix compute offerings. We build and maintain a platform to incorporate virtualization and advanced networking to offer our customers a highly reliable service to consume Equinix Digital Services. This project also paves the way for future opportunities as we evaluate potential products to meet our growing customer needs. As a Senior Staff Engineer, you’ll work with product teams and other engineers to design systems and application software, and mentor junior team members. This position is part of the Infrastructure organization, with a mission to bring cloud-like access to Equinix ’s platform.

Responsibilities

Architect, implement, and maintain a new platform for a high-performance networking and compute

Closely collaborate with Product Management and internal stakeholders to ensure good product-market fit and direction

Foster an efficient build-it and run-it culture, blurring the lines between operations and development, continuously reducing time to improve customer outcomes

Facilitate cross-stakeholder discussions to ensure alignment on compute platform requirements and design trade-offs, while considering performance, scalability, and reliability factors

Bring passion, enthusiasm, peer review and mentorship, and a positive attitude to the team

Model great engineering by writing efficient and secure code while constructively reviewing that of your peers and maintaining a high bar

Qualifications

Solid understanding of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), networking protocols, DPDK and/or VPP

Recent and proficient experience with Golang (Go) and Python and API development

Strong experience in building and operating highly reliable distributed systems

Uncompromising in implementing CI/CD for any code deployed beyond your laptop

Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills to troubleshoot and resolve distributed system issues

Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively convey findings, recommendations, and technical details to various stakeholders

Continuous learning mindset and willingness to stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends

Have worked in a globally distributed team

Proficiency in Linux concepts such as PCI devices, kernel capabilities, and QEMU virtualization

Strong understanding of building and operating containerization technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, CSI, and CNI

The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:

United States - Other posted locations not specifically listed : 136,000 - 204,