Who are we?
Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet.

A place where tech thinkers and future builders turn bold ideas into breakthrough experiences, we welcome your unique perspective.

Help us challenge assumptions, uncover bias, and remove barriers—because progress starts with fresh ideas. You’ll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you’re empowered to do your best work.

Role Summary
The Senior Principal Architect is a highly influential technical leadership role responsible for end-to-end architectural direction, technical governance, and the evolution of software and network platforms within Network Platform Engineering (NPE).

NPE designs, builds, and operates Equinix’s global network infrastructure and platforms, including:

Network architecture across optical, routing, switching, and SDN

Software platforms for control, observability, automation, and operations at global scale

Industry engagement through standards bodies and developer communities

This role operates within a small group of senior and principal architects, requiring robust collaboration, shared ownership, and alignment across domains, while partnering closely with engineering teams and stakeholders.





The Senior Principal Architect spans software and network architecture, including control plane systems and observability, acting as a broad technical generalist who guides systems from strategy through execution and operations. This role serves as a key technical authority, driving standards, resolving escalations, and anticipating future technology shifts.

Responsibilities
Architecture & Technical Leadership

Define and drive end-to-end architecture across network and software platforms, including control plane, data plane, telemetry, APIs, automation, and operations

Act as architect-of-record for critical platforms and initiatives, collaborating with peer architects on shared systems and boundaries

Provide architectural leadership across network control systems, infrastructure software (OEM / ODM / open networking), and observability platforms

Guide engineering teams and tech leads on architecture, design patterns, and implementation; lead architecture and design reviews

Platform & Systems Design

Drive software platform architecture with a system-level perspective, ensuring scalability, resilience, and operational excellence

Shape design across control plane systems, telemetry and observability pipelines, and network platforms

Champion automation-first design and strong operational practices

Strategy & Business Alignment

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📌 Senior Principal Engineer, Product Software (Network Platform) (Ontario)
🏢 Equinix
📍 Ontario