About this opportunity
Equinix, Inc. lists this Senior Staff Engineer, Software Defined Dataplane opportunity in denver, Colorado. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
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. A place where tech thinkers and future builders turn bold ideas into breakthrough experiences, we welcome your unique perspective.Help us challenge assumptions, uncover bias, and remove barriers—because progress starts with fresh ideas. You’ll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you’re empowered to do your best work.
Job Summary
Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company,operating280+ data centersacross the globe andproviding interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Much of the internet that you know flows through our rapid interconnected network and data centers. Equinix Internet Exchange is the world's largest InternetExchangewhile Equinix Fabric has the largest market share in Software Defined Interconnection. Oursoftware defineddataplaneengineering team is designing new network service offerings through network-adjacent virtualizedcomputeon our global network which will support Equinix's Digital Interconnection services.
We'relooking for a Senior StaffSoftware Engineer who willbe responsible forbuilding easy tooperate, reliable and high-performing applications and networking software for our next generation networking platform.As a senior staff engineer,you’llwork with the team tobuildhighly scalable and reliable systems.You willparticipateinsoftwaredesignandoperationalization-providingleadershipin all aspects of running services across critical and pivotal initiatives.You will focus on building networking services through network-adjacent virtualizedcomputeplatforms to deliver network primitives by providing a platform for future cloud-native network software. You will be akey contributorinbuilding andmaintainingthe components that drive our customers’ experience.
This role presentsa great opportunityfor a passionate seniorengineer to make a tangible impacttothe future-state technology stack of Equinix’ global networks and infrastructure. If you believe in the power of technology to change the world, and if you value creativity, work comfortably in a fast-paced environment and are eager to learnnew technologies, we would like to talk to you.
Responsibilities
Software development towardsdesigning an ecosystemof software servicesto extendEquinix’s networking services through a network-adjacent virtualized compute platform
Design and manage networking software services in highly concurrent, scalable, distributed transactional systems
Aligning technical design of software systems with business outcomes to ensure our software servicesmeet customer SLAs
Contribute and lead the team to set up CICD pipelineswith solid unit tests and integration teststo help deliver code from commit to deployment in minuteswith confidence
Develop an observability strategy forour softwareservices
Work with the team for constant improvement of system performance and scale using system profiling tools and stress testing techniques
Helpidentifytechnical debt and drive continual improvementof our software quality
Contribute to next-generation networking proof‑of‑concept projects in close collaboration with cross functional teams to deliver tangible outcomes that guidenew technologyinvestments and implementation decisions to evolve the network technology stack
Partner with support and operations teams to ensure proper operationalization and support of our software in Production
Drive a culture of innovation, excellence & collaboration with other business functions
Participate in designing and improving incident management processes and collaborating with the team in troubleshooting strategies and fixing production issuesin a timely manner
Participate in an on‑call rotation (when we get software into Production)
Qualifications
7-10yearsexperiencein software development,preferablybuilding & operatinghighly reliabledistributed systems
Bachelor’s/Master'sdegree in computer scienceor relevant engineering field or equivalent industry experience
Experience in building software
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Worksite address
denver, CO, 80285, US
Who can apply
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