Principal Software Engineer, Software Networking at Equinix Metal

at  Equinix

WHO ARE WE?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 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 providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.
Principal Software Engineer, Software Networking at Equinix Metal

JOB SUMMARY

Equinix Metal, a leading bare metal cloud provider, is looking for a Principal Engineer for our Software Networking Team. In this role, you will be responsible for being a technical leader, mentor to more junior engineers, and an active contributor to our internal systems/codebases for network control plane and software network orchestration stack.
This role can be remote or based in one of our office locations.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven experience developing distributed, scalable, and highly available services using Golang, Ruby on Rails, Python, or other similar languages
• A 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 in designing and implementing API interfaces using REST or gRPC
• Experience with Agile software development practices including Scrum, JIRA, Peer Review, Git, and CI/CD
• Good understanding of distributed systems architecture, operational readiness, and cloud infrastructure provider use cases
• 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 with L2-L3 networking technologies, including EVPN/VXLAN, at datacenter scale or cloud scale is a plus
• Experience with building network software at scale with focus on resilience, automation of well tested production ready software. Prior experience with any one of these - VPC, Load Balancers, Firewalls, DNS, Security Policies, IP Address Management is a plus
• Familiarity with operating traditional SQL databases such as PostgreSQL is a plus
• Experience contributing to Open Source and interacting with Open Source communities is a plus
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and other container services will be a plus
• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field of study
  Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.
  Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.

• Architect, design, and development network orchestration microservices and features for a bare metal cloud that scales and provides a way to interconnect across the Equinix ecosystem
• Deeply care about technology, your craft, and about the success of your teammates and the company - strong intrinsic motivators to help drive self-improvement is a must
• Provide technical leadership for the team of highly passionate engineers to evolve our software networking features
• Work closely with our team and collaborate with cross functional teams to introduce and enhance product capabilities for customers and operation teams
• Collaborate with the architects driving the technical strategy and direction 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
• Actively participate in continuous improvement of process and systems that support our software development lifecycle (SDLC), values, and culture
• Participate in an on call rotation (roughly two weeks per quarter)