Senior Staff Engineer, Product Software

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 SummaryDesigns and develops scalable software systems and provides technical leadership for complex engineering initiatives. Leads technical designs, guides engineers, evaluates trade-offs, and collaborates across Product, Architecture, Operations, and engineering teams.ResponsibilitiesArchitecture & Technical LeadershipLeads architecture and design for complex features and servicesProvides technical leadership and guidance to engineering teamsDrives technical discussions and helps teams make sound design decisionsEvaluates technical trade-offs across scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainabilityMentors engineers and promotes engineering best practicesCollaborates across teams to drive end-to-end solutionsSoftware EngineeringDesigns and develops solutions using Java, microservices, APIs, and databasesDrives integration across multiple services and platformsLeads design and code reviews and promotes software qualityDesigns orchestration and automation workflowsTroubleshoots complex issues across application, infrastructure, and networking layersNetwork Edge / NFVStrong understanding of NFV concepts and VNF lifecycle managementExperience with network/security vendors, VNF images, onboarding, upgrades, and migrationsStrong knowledge of virtual networking, BGP, routing, VLAN/VXLAN, and network connectivityExperience with network/VNF performance characterization, throughput, latency, and troubleshootingUnderstanding of high ava