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.

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.

Job Summary We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer who will be responsible for building easy to operate, reliable and high‑performing applications and networking software for our next generation networking platform. As a staff engineer, you’ll work with the team to build highly scalable and reliable systems. You will focus on building networking services through network‑adjacent virtualized compute platforms to deliver network primitives by providing a platform for future cloud‑native network software. You will be a key contributor in building and maintaining the components that drive our customers’ experience. This role presents a great opportunity for a passionate staff engineer to make a tangible impact to the future‑state technology stack of Equinix’ global networks and infrastructure. If you believe in the power of technology to change the world, and if you value creativity, work comfortably in a fast‑paced workplace and are eager to learn new technologies, we would like to talk to you.

Responsibilities





Actively participate in the software development towards designing an ecosystem of software services to extend Equinix’s networking services through a network‑adjacent virtualized compute platform

Collaborate with team members to design and implement scalable and efficient distributed systems

Engage in design discussions and code reviews to help maintain high-quality code

Contribute solid unit tests and integration tests to CICD pipelines to deliver code from commit to deployment in minutes with confidence

Help identify technical debt and drive continual improvement of our software quality

Partner with support and operations teams to ensure proper operationalization, observability, and support of our software in Production

Drive a culture of innovation, excellence & collaboration with other business functions

Participate in incident management processes and collaborating with the team in troubleshooting strategies and fixing production issues in a timely manner

Participate in an on‑call rotation (when we get software into Production)

Follow a proactive and collaborative approach to working with cross‑functional teams

Qualifications

5+ years experience in software development, preferably building & operating highly reliable distributed systems





Bachelor’s/Master's degree in computer science or relevant engineering field or equivalent industry experience

Experience in building software defined multi‑tenant networking platforms at scale using cloud‑native networking technologies and ecosystems

Understanding of L2/L3 networking protocols and concepts (BGP, EVP‑LAN, IPSEC, etc)

Experience in working with network management protocols: gRPC, Netconf

Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, or other open‑source alternatives

Experience with public cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure) services and technologies

Expertise in automating deployments of applications into Kubernetes on x86 deployments

Experience with open source and networking technologies, ecosystems, communities and industry forums such the Linux Foundation

Good understanding of application development stack

Recent and proficient experience with Golang programming language

Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively convey findings, recommendations, and technical details

Pay Ranges The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are: United States - Redwood City Office GHQ : 142,000 - 212,000 USD / Annual United States - Dallas Infomart Office DAI : 118,000 - 176,000 USD / Annual United States - Tampa Office TAO : 118,000 - 176,000 USD / Annual United States - New York City Office NYO1 : 130,000 - 194,000 USD / Annual Canada - Toronto Office TRO : 88,000 - 132,000 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.

The pay range shown is based on our compensation structure in place at the time of posting and may be u

📌 Staff Engineer, Product Software (Winnipeg)
🏢 Equinix
📍 Winnipeg