Staff Engineer, Product Software

Equinix•Redwood City, CA

3d•$146,000 - $218,000

About The Position

The Staff Engineer for the daVinci - Network Observability team serves as the lead technical authority for designing and implementing Equinix’s global telemetry fabric. The role bridges high-scale distributed software and global network hardware, leading complex, data-intensive initiatives and maintaining the technical integrity of streaming pipelines. The engineer ensures telemetry from the global fleet is ingested, normalized, and processed with sub-second latency, and drives technical excellence within the Network Platform Engineering (NPE) group. The position translates architectural blueprints into automation strategies and scalable infrastructure, leads implementation and system design, and aligns delivery with the long-term NPE vision. It also translates product requirements into technical specifications, defines service-level metrics, supports global ITIL compliance, and leads root-cause analysis for cross-platform outages. The role evaluates emerging technologies, including Model-Driven Telemetry, and develops concepts and change-management practices that can influence broader business strategy. The position is based at the United States - Redwood City Office GHQ. The targeted annual base pay range is $146,000–$218,000 USD. Employees are eligible for a bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position. Benefits include an Employee Assistance Program, insurance plans, retirement plans, accrued paid time off, and paid holidays.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in software engineering or distributed systems.
At least 3 years of experience in large-scale network engineering.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
Mastery of SOLID and Clean Architecture applied to Big Data.
Proficiency in Java, Go, and SQL.
Expert understanding of Model-Driven Telemetry and ability to optimize gNMI over SNMP for high-scale environments.
Proficiency and experience with service provider networking technologies and protocols, including BGP, IS-IS, MPLS, QoS, EVPN, and VXLAN.
Hands-on expertise with Apache Flink, Kafka, ClickHouse, Prometheus, Thanos, and Kubernetes.
Expert-level Python or Go skills.
Experience building custom collectors or API integrations for network operating systems such as Junos, Nokia, and Arista.

Responsibilities

Translate high-level architectural blueprints into hands-on automation strategies and scalable infrastructure for global visibility.
Drive engineering milestones and ensure delivered code aligns with the long-term Network Platform Engineering vision.
Lead complex implementations and establish standards for real-time streaming telemetry and high-performance databases.
Translate product requirements into technical specifications and manage relationships with internal and external customers.
Define critical SLA metrics and ensure the observability platform maintains global ITIL compliance.
Lead complex root-cause analysis and resolution of cross-platform outages as a senior point of contact.
Evaluate emerging technologies, including Model-Driven Telemetry, to advance the platform.
Prove out new concepts and define change-management practices that affect broader business strategy.