Senior Staff Engineer, Product Software

Equinix•Redwood City, CA

23h•$163,000 - $245,000•Onsite

About The Position

Designs and develops scalable software systems and provides technical leadership for complex engineering initiatives. Leads technical designs, guides engineers, evaluates trade-offs, and collaborates across Product, Architecture, Operations, and engineering teams.

Requirements

8+ years of software engineering experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
Strong experience with Java, microservices, APIs, databases, and distributed systems
Experience with NFV, virtual networking, BGP, orchestration, and cloud-native platforms
Experience leading technical designs and guiding engineers through complex implementations
Strong problem-solving, technical decision-making, collaboration, and communication skills

Nice To Haves

Experience with network/security vendors, VNF images, onboarding, upgrades, and migrations
Strong knowledge of virtual networking, BGP, routing, VLAN/VXLAN, and network connectivity
Experience with network/VNF performance characterization, throughput, latency, and troubleshooting
Understanding of high availability, resiliency, and recovery architectures
Experience with Kubernetes, containers, virtualization, and cloud-native architectures
Drives improvements in automation, observability, reliability, and operational readiness
Supports production troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and long-term engineering improvements
Evaluates emerging technologies and recommends practical adoption
Exposure to AI/LLM models and AI-enabled application architectures
Identifies opportunities to improve platform architecture, performance, and engineering efficiency

Responsibilities

Leads architecture and design for complex features and services
Provides technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams
Drives technical discussions and helps teams make sound design decisions
Evaluates technical trade-offs across scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability
Mentors engineers and promotes engineering best practices
Collaborates across teams to drive end-to-end solutions
Designs and develops solutions using Java, microservices, APIs, and databases
Drives integration across multiple services and platforms
Leads design and code reviews and promotes software quality
Designs orchestration and automation workflows
Troubleshoots complex issues across application, infrastructure, and networking layers
Strong understanding of NFV concepts and VNF lifecycle management
Experience with network/security vendors, VNF images, onboarding, upgrades, and migrations
Strong knowledge of virtual networking, BGP, routing, VLAN/VXLAN, and network connectivity
Experience with network/VNF performance characterization, throughput, latency, and troubleshooting
Understanding of high availability, resiliency, and recovery architectures
Experience with Kubernetes, containers, virtualization, and cloud-native architectures
Drives improvements in automation, observability, reliability, and operational readiness
Supports production troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and long-term engineering improvements
Evaluates emerging technologies and recommends practical adoption
Exposure to AI/LLM models and AI-enabled application architectures
Identifies opportunities to improve platform architecture, performance, and engineering efficiency