Staff Engineer, Product Software at Equinix in Sunnyvale, California

Job Description:

Staff Engineer, Product Software

Equinix is one of the fastest-growing data center companies, growing connectivity between clients worldwide. That’s why we're always looking for creative and forward-thinking people who can help us achieve our goal of global interconnection. With 200 data centers in over 24 countries spanning across 5 continents, we are home to the Cloud, supporting over 1000 Cloud and IT services companies that are directly engaged in technological innovation and development. We are passionate about further evolving the specific areas of software development, software and network architecture, network operations, and complex cloud and application solutions.

At Equinix, we make the internet work faster, better, and more reliably. We hire talented people who thrive on solving hard problems and give them opportunities to hone new skills, try new approaches, and grow in new directions. Our culture is at the heart of our success and it’s our authentic, humble, gritty people who create The Magic of Equinix. We share a real passion for winning and put the customer at the center of everything we do.

If cloud, APIs, containers, solving large data problems and automation excites you, you will be in for a technology buffet treat! You will be part of a world-class product engineering team that’s paving the path for new ways for enterprises to consume ever-increasing cloud services. This team is responsible for building EQUINIX’s highly scalable, globally distributed, real-time interconnection platform, and are looking for a Senior Software Engineer Java candidate.

Job Profile Summary

Works with product teams, analysts, and other engineers to design systems and application software, and mentor junior members of the team.

Responsibilities

• Understands, reads, and reviews requirements. Works with to understand business requirements




• Assists with the documentation and maintenance of architectures




• Participates in the architectural review process




• Leads Features and multiple modules design




• Provides technical leadership to the team




• Evaluates and recommends the adoption of open source




• Develops scripts and code for a feature and multiple modules




• Cross-technical integration




• Participates in peer reviews




• Adoption of standard coding processes




• Develops unit tests




• Fixes defects




• Develops test strategies




• Captures, consolidates, and maintains an inventory of applications/infrastructure for all software engineering verticals




• Documents deployed processes and tools and collects metrics




• Documents processes and publishes them to the team for review & updates




• Provides a level of effort (LOE)




• Works with technical project managers and product management teams to define a schedule




• Provides status reports and release management progress updates




• Investigates, analyzes and evaluates new technologies

Qualifications

• BS in computer science or equivalent with 7+ years or MS in computer science or equivalent with 5+ years or PhD in computer science or equivalent with 2+ years of hands-on professional software development experience architecting, building, deploying, and maintaining customer-facing applications at scale in an innovative engineering environment.




• Java expertise in cloud-based application development with in-depth knowledge of java eco-system (experience with multiple frameworks such as Spring, Play, Hibernate, and other cutting-edge technologies




• Expertise in data modeling, relational design using RDBMS and NoSQL such as Cassandra, MongoDB




• Experience with multiple architecture styles including SOA, API-first, and micro-services architectures




• Experience in architecting and building large scale systems using a scale-out architecture that requires high availability, performance, high scalability and multi-tenancy




• Real-world experience with continuous integration and delivery using a public cloud such as AWS, Azure, or GCP and container technologies such as Docker is required




• Hands-on experience with Agile-scrum methodology and Test-driven development




• Knowledge of advanced networking technologies and services including MPLS, VPLS/VPWS, Ethernet, IP/VPN routing protocols and architectures, IP security/SSL, IP multicast, IPv6, and wired/wireless LAN infrastructures is a strong plus but not required.




• A sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s success




• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills




• Team player




• Good time-management skills




• Great interpersonal and communication skills

Successful candidate will

• Be a talent multiplier who gets the team around them to excel




• Be persistent, creative, and driven to get results relentlessly




• Exhibit a strong backbone to challenge the status quo when needed




• Exhibit a high level of curiosity, keeping abreast of the latest trends & technologies




• Show pride of ownership and strive for excellence in everything undertaken

Equinix is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.