Senior Staff Engineer, Software Defined Dataplane
About The Position
Equinix is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to build reliable, easy-to-operate, high-performing applications and networking software for its next-generation networking platform. The software-defined dataplane engineering team develops network services using network-adjacent virtualized compute on Equinix’s global network, supporting Digital Interconnection services and providing a platform for future cloud-native network software. The role involves designing and operating scalable, reliable networking services and distributed systems, aligning technical designs with business outcomes and customer SLAs, and contributing leadership across software design and operationalization. The engineer will help maintain components that shape the customer experience, improve system performance and quality, and collaborate across teams on new networking technologies and production support. Participation in an on-call rotation is expected once software is in production.
Requirements
- 7–10 years of software development experience, preferably building and operating highly reliable distributed systems.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a relevant engineering field, or equivalent industry experience.
- Experience building software-defined, multi-tenant networking platforms at scale using cloud-native networking technologies and ecosystems.
- Deep understanding of Layer 2/Layer 3 networking protocols and concepts, such as BGP, EVP-LAN, and IPSEC.
- Experience with network management protocols such as gRPC and Netconf.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or open-source alternatives.
- Experience with public cloud services and technologies, such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Expertise automating application deployments into Kubernetes on x86 deployments.
- Experience with open-source and networking technologies, ecosystems, communities, and industry forums such as the Linux Foundation.
- Good understanding of the application development stack.
- Substantive track record with the Go programming language.
- Experience leading and mentoring developers to ensure timely delivery of high-quality software.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, from engineering to executive audiences.
Responsibilities
- Develop software services that extend Equinix networking services through a network-adjacent virtualized compute platform.
- Design and manage networking software services in highly concurrent, scalable, distributed transactional systems.
- Align technical software designs with business outcomes and customer SLAs.
- Contribute to and lead the establishment of CI/CD pipelines with unit and integration tests to support confident delivery from commit to deployment.
- Develop an observability strategy for software services.
- Improve system performance and scale using profiling tools and stress-testing techniques.
- Identify technical debt and drive continual improvement of software quality.
- Contribute to next-generation networking proof-of-concept projects with cross-functional teams, helping guide technology investments and implementation decisions.
- Partner with support and operations teams to operationalize and support software in production.
- Promote a culture of innovation, excellence, and collaboration with other business functions.
- Help design and improve incident management processes, troubleshooting strategies, and timely resolution of production issues.
- Participate in an on-call rotation when software is in production.
Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Health, life, disability, and voluntary insurance plans (U.S.); healthcare coverage, life and disability coverage, and optional benefit plans (Canada).
- Retirement plans, including employer and employee contributions in the U.S.; Canada plans include a Defined Contribution Pension Plan, Group Retirement Savings Plan, and Tax-Free Savings Plan.
- Accrued paid time off and paid holidays in the U.S.; vacation, personal time, and paid holidays in Canada.
- Bonus eligibility; equity may be offered depending on the position.
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
