Senior Staff Engineer (Product Software)

Join Equinix, a global leader in digital infrastructure. As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will be part of a platform team dedicated to expanding Equinix's compute offerings. You will architect, implement, and maintain a new platform for high-performance networking and compute, collaborating closely with product management and internal stakeholders. You will also mentor junior team members and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

• Architect, implement, and maintain a new platform for high-performance networking and compute.
• Collaborate with Product Management and internal stakeholders to ensure good product-market fit and direction.
• Mentor junior team members and foster an efficient build-it and run-it culture, blurring the lines between operations and development.
• 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
• Recent and proficient experience with Golang (Go) and Python and API development
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills to troubleshoot and resolve distributed system issues
• Uncompromising in implementing CI/CD for any code deployed beyond your laptop
• Have worked in a globally distributed team
• Strong understanding of building and operating containerization technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, CSI, and CNI
• Strong experience in building and operating highly reliable distributed systems
• Solid understanding of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), networking protocols, DPDK and/or VPP
• Proficiency in Linux concepts such as PCI devices, kernel capabilities, and QEMU virtualization