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. Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company,operating280+ data centersacross the globe andproviding interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Much of the internet that you know flows through our rapid interconnected network and data centers. Equinix Internet Exchange is the world’s largest InternetExchangewhile Equinix Fabric has the largest market share in Software Defined Interconnection. Oursoftware defineddataplaneengineering team is designing new network service offerings through network-adjacent virtualizedcomputeon our global network which will support Equinix’s Digital Interconnection services. We’relooking for a Senior StaffSoftware Engineer who willbe responsible forbuilding easy tooperate, reliable and high-performing applications and networking software for our next generation networking platform.
As a senior staff engineer,you’llwork with the team tobuildhighly scalable and reliable systems.
You will focus on building networking services through network-adjacent virtualizedcomputeplatforms to deliver network primitives by providing a platform for future cloud-native network software. You will be akey contributorinbuilding andmaintainingthe components that drive our customers’ experience. This role presentsa outstanding opportunityfor a passionate seniorengineer to make a tangible impacttothe future-state technology stack of Equinix’ global networks and infrastructure.



Software development towardsdesigning an ecosystemof software servicesto extendEquinix’s networking services through a network-adjacent virtualized compute platform Design and manage networking software services in highly concurrent, scalable, distributed transactional systems Aligning technical design of software systems with business outcomes to ensure our software servicesmeet customer SLAs Contribute and lead the team to set up CICD pipelineswith solid unit tests and integration teststo help deliver code from commit to deployment in minuteswith confidence Work with the team for constant improvement of system performance and scale using system profiling tools and stress testing techniques Helpidentifytechnical debt and drive continual improvementof our software quality Contribute to next-generation networking proof-of-concept projects in close collaboration with cross functional teams to deliver tangible outcomes that guidenew technologyinvestments and implementation decisions to evolve the network technology stack Partner with support and operations teams to ensure proper operationalization and support of our software in Production Participate in an on-call rotation (when we get software into Production)



7-10yearsexperiencein software development,preferablybuilding &operatinghighly; reliabledistributed systems ~ Bachelor’s/Master’sdegree in computer scienceor relevant engineering field or equivalent industry experience ~ Experience in building software defined multi-tenant networking platformsat scale using cloud-native networking technologies and ecosystems ~ Experience in working with network management protocols:gRPC, Netconf ~ Experience with public cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure) services and technologies ~ Expertisein automating deployments of applications into Kubernetes onx86 deployments ~ Experience with open source and networking technologies, ecosystems,communitiesand industry forums such the Linux Foundation ~ Substantivetrack recordwith Golang programming language ~ Experience in leading and mentoring a team of developers to ensuretimelydelivery of high-quality software ~ Excellent writing and verbal communications skills from engineering to executive United States
- Dallas Infomart Office DAI : 136,000
- 204,000 USD / Annual United States
- Redwood City Office GHQ : 163,000
- 245,000 USD / Annual United States
- Tampa Office TAO : 136,000
- 204,000 USD / Annual United States
- New York City Office NYO1 : 150,000
- 224,000 USD / Annual Canada
- Toronto Office TRO : 131,000
- 181,000 CAD / Annual 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. 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. Employee Assistance Program : An Employee Assistance program is available to all employees. US

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📌 Senior Staff Engineer, Software Defined Dataplane (Toronto)
🏢 Equinix
📍 Toronto