Staff Engineer, Product Software

About the position

Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company. Much of the internet that you know flows through our rapid interconnected network and data centers. Our Equinix Internet Exchange is the world's largest Internet Exchange while our Equinix Fabric has the largest market share in Software Defined Interconnection. Our team is building Equinix's next generation networking and Multi Cloud Networking platforms which enable all Equinix's Digital Interconnection services. We are looking for an experienced Staff Engineer to help us build and operate a highly scalable, available, and distributed software-based network data-plane service.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in the development and operation of data-plane components
• Engage in design discussions and code reviews and help to maintain good quality code
• Collaborate with team members to design and implement scalable and efficient distributed systems
• Follow a proactive and collaborative approach to working with cross-functional teams
• Work closely with product managers to ensure alignment with customer requirements
• Focus on performance, scalability, maintainability, and reliability

Requirements

• Recent and proficient experience with Golang
• Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, or other open-source alternatives
• Strong experience in building & operating highly reliable distributed systems
• Experience with building software as a service and running services in Production with 24x7 on-call
• Experience with API frameworks such as gRPC and REST
• Proficient in data management systems and technologies such as Neo4J
• Experience with network concepts and protocols - TCP/IP, BGP, VxLAN, MPLS
• Proficient in using continuous integration and continuous deployment technologies: Buildkite, Github Actions, ArgoCD
• Hands-on experience with observability stack (metrics, logs, traces) such as Grafana, Prometheus, Thanos
• 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

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with low level languages like C or C++
• Familiarity with IPSec protocols and related software such as StrongSwan
• Knowledge of packet processing technologies such as VPP and DPDK