Staff Software Engineer, Systems Engineering

Who are we?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operatingover 250 data centers across the globe.Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

Our culture is based on collaboration and the growth and development of our teams. We hire hardworking people who thrive on solving challenging problems and give them opportunities to hone new skills and try new approaches, as we grow our product portfolio with new software and network architecture solutions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providingan equitable work environmentthat is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

Staff Software Engineer, Systems Engineering

Job Summary

Analyzes business requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints. Designs software systems, test vendor provided HW / FW, understands, and managesserver fleet.

This role is fully remote with a team distributed across multiple time zones and a strong presence in the US.

Responsibilities

Design and development of software networking features for Equinix Metal, a bare metal cloud that scales and provides a way to interconnect across the Equinix ecosystem

Work closely with the team and collaborate with cross functional teams to introduce and enhance our product capabilities for customers

Provide technical leadership for the team of highly passionate engineers to evolve our software networking features

Collaborate with others to develop software for our large-scale cloud services, driving simplicity, high-reliability, ease of maintenance and operation

Lead by example through direct contribution and provide direction in establishing development and operational standard methodologies. Be a team player. Coach lesssenior members of the team.

Actively participate in continuous improvement of process and systems that support our software development lifecycle (SDLC), values and culture

Qualifications

Experience with distributed systems at scale

Basic understanding of how networking works and how virtual defined networking works

Expertise with BIOS, BMCs, UEFI and PXE boot

Experience with Docker, QEMU / KVM, expertise in Linux

Experience with testing and qualifying software, firmware, and server hardware components for production use

Ability to identify problems (and subsequently drive resolution) for issues found in the interaction between Operating Systems and firmware / BIOS. To name a few : Windows, VMWare ESXi, Linux and Linux kernels, drivers, BIOS, and BMC firmware

Experience in a modern coding language like Go, Rust, or Ruby / Ruby on Rails.

Experience in creating fast feedback loops with CI / CD and testing automation

Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and other container services

Experience with Agile software development practices including Scrum, JIRA, Peer Review, Git and CI / CD

Deep analytical and problem-solving skills with a sense of curiosity

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills internally and externally including the ability to document solutions and create architectural diagrams

Shown ability to think strategically and execute with a sense of urgency, delivering services to meet customer demands on a timely basis

Experience contributing to Open Source and interacting with Open-Source communities is a plus

Bachelor's degree or equivalent with proven years of experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field of education

What you’ll learn

Develop software and orchestration of networking traffic

An experience with building network software at scale with focus on resilience, automation of well tested production ready software. Technologies : VPC (Virtual Private Cloud), Load Balancers, DNS, IP Address Management

The United States targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are :

• San Francisco, CA / Bay Area : $128,000 to $211,000 per year
• California (Non-SF / Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state : $119,000 to $196,000 per year
• Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island : $108,000 to $178,000 per year Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and / or training. This position may be offered in other locations. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process. The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position. As an employee, you become important to Equinix’s success. Details about our company benefits can be found at the following link :

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