Staff Engineer, Product Software

Posted Feb 15

Staff Engineer, Product Software

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 245+ data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed.

At Equinix, we help the world’s digital leaders scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences, and transform people’s lives. 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.

Job Summary

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

Responsibilities

Requirements Analysis

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

Software Architecture

  • Participates in architectural review process

Software Design

  • Leads Features and multiple modules design
  • Provides technical leadership to the team
  • Evaluates and recommends adoption of open source

Development/Coding

  • Develops scripts and code for a feature and multiple modules
  • Cross-technical integration
  • Participates in peer reviews
  • Adoption of standard coding processes

Testing

  • Develops unit tests
  • Fixes defects
  • Develops test strategies
  • Recommends testing frameworks

DevOps

  • Defines deployment and release guidelines
  • Defines and executes environment planning and cross-functional dependencies
  • Documents software configuration management practices and educates cross-functional stakeholders on the processes and tools

Software Reliability & Support Engineering

  • Captures, Consolidates, and maintains inventory of production applications, flows and systems for all the software engineering verticals
  • Helps in preparing application support documentation
  • Troubleshoots basic application issues with the help of knowledgebase documents

Technical Project Management

  • Provides level of effort (LOE)
  • Works with technical project managers and product management teams to define schedule
  • Provides status reports and release management progress updates

R&D/Innovation

  • Investigates, analyzes, and evaluates new technologies

Qualifications

  • 5+ years experience
  • Bachelor's in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

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

  • San Francisco, CA / Bay Area: $128,000 to $211,000
  • California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $119,000 to $196,000
  • Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $108,000 to $178,000

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. To help you achieve professional and personal goals, we provide competitive compensation and benefits programs that include a blend of rewards to attract, motivate, recognize, and retain talented people like you. We offer you key rewards including base pay and incentive pay, benefits for health and wellness, retirement plans for your future, and recognition programs. We’re committed to our employees by providing ongoing dialogue, education and resources that enable you to thrive and make informed decisions at each life stage.

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you need assistance in applying for an open position, you may send an email to Staffing@equinix.com. Please provide your contact information and let us know how we can assist you.

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.