Senior Staff Engineer, Product Software

About Equinix Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet.

Job Summary Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 280+ data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. As our network continues to evolve, it’s essential for us to move towards autonomous operations—automation and orchestration of network‑management tasks without human intervention. We need a robust unified network model that accurately represents the network via real‑time telemetry for observability and enables intent‑based configurations. The unified modeling team in Network Platform Engineering is building this model, feeding Equinix Brain, a strategic company‑wide initiative to up‑level the way we manage and use asset data to improve margins and customer experience. We are looking for a Senior Staff Engineer to help build and operate a highly scalable, available, and information‑rich unified network model.

Responsibilities

Actively participate in the design, development, test, and operation of highly reliable services and software to model network entities and relationships that compose Equinix’s global network

Provide technical guidance and collaborate with stakeholders to identify network data and use cases that can enrich the unified network model to solve critical business problems that increase network reliability, visibility, awareness, and the ability to plan

Develop solutions that leverage data from the unified network model to provide insights that enhance product capabilities for customers, aid operations teams to troubleshoot customer escalations and planning maintenances, and inform capacity planning teams

Facilitate cross‑stakeholder discussions to ensure alignment on software requirements and design trade‑offs, while considering performance, scalability, and reliability factors

Follow a proactive and collaborative approach to working with cross‑functional teams, ensuring seamless integration of the unified network model into Equinix Brain with other domains and Network‑As‑A‑Service (NaaS) initiatives

Lead by example through direct contribution, and provide direction in establishing development and operational best practices and standard methodologies

Participate in an on‑call rotation

Qualifications

7+ years of experience developing distributed, scalable, highly available software services using Golang

Background of working for SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, or cloud‑based companies with prior experience of designing microservices and systems at scale with a focus on production readiness

Experience with building software as a service, running services with 24x7 on‑call rotations

Proficient in data management systems and technologies: GCP Spanner, MongoDB, Redis, Neo4J

Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, or other open‑source alternatives

Experience in working with network management protocols: gRPC, Netconf

Solid understanding of networking concepts, protocols (e.g., ISIS, BGP, BMP, LLDP), and their applications

Strong experience in building & operating highly reliable distributed systems

Proficient in using continuous integration and continuous deployment technologies: GitHub Actions, ArgoCD

Experience with public cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure) services and technologies

Hands‑on experience with observability stack (metrics, logs, traces) such as Grafana, Prometheus, Thanos

Experience with agile software development practices including JIRA, peer reviews, Git, CI/CD

Excellent problem‑solving and analytical skills to troubleshoot and resolve distributed system issues

Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively convey findings, recommendations, and technical details to various stakeholders

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field

Preferred

Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field

Excellent coding skills in Golang

Prior experience building a network model or digital twin

Prior experience using AI to make real‑time network decisions

Pay Range United States (Dallas Infomart Office): $136,000 – $204,000 USD / Annual

Canada (Toronto Office): $131,000 – $181,000 CAD / Annual

Equinix Benefits Equinix offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, life, disability, retirement, paid time off, paid holidays, and employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.

EEO Statement Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and, in the U.S., an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful discrimination.

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