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Staff Software Engineer, Systems Engineering

Client:

Equinix

Location:

Spain

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Views:

4

Posted:

06.03.2025

Expiry Date:

20.04.2025

Job Description:

Who are we?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating over 250 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

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

Analyzes business requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints. Designs software systems, tests vendor provided HW/FW, understands, and manages server fleet.

This role is fully remote with a team distributed across multiple time zones and a strong presence in the US.

Responsibilities

1. Design and develop software networking features for Equinix Metal, a bare metal cloud that scales and provides a way to interconnect across the Equinix ecosystem.
2. Work closely with the team and collaborate with cross-functional teams to introduce and enhance our product capabilities for customers.
3. Provide technical leadership for the team of highly passionate engineers to evolve our software networking features.
4. Collaborate with others to develop software for our large-scale cloud services, driving simplicity, high-reliability, ease of maintenance and operation.
5. Lead by example through direct contribution and provide direction in establishing development and operational standard methodologies. Be a team player. Coach less senior members of the team.
6. Actively participate in continuous improvement of process and systems that support our software development lifecycle (SDLC), values and culture.

Qualifications

1. Experience with distributed systems at scale.
2. Basic understanding of how networking works and how virtual defined networking works.
3. Expertise with BIOS, BMCs, UEFI and PXE boot.
4. Experience with Docker, QEMU/KVM, expertise in Linux.
5. Experience with testing and qualifying software, firmware, and server hardware components for production use.
6. Ability to identify problems (and subsequently drive resolution) for issues found in the interaction between Operating Systems and firmware/BIOS. To name a few: Windows, VMWare ESXi, Linux and Linux kernels, drivers, BIOS, and BMC firmware.
7. Experience in a modern coding language like Go, Rust, or Ruby/Ruby on Rails.
8. Experience in creating fast feedback loops with CI/CD and testing automation.
9. Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and other container services.
10. Experience with Agile software development practices including Scrum, JIRA, Peer Review, Git and CI/CD.
11. Deep analytical and problem-solving skills with a sense of curiosity.
12. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills internally and externally including the ability to document solutions and create architectural diagrams.
13. Shown ability to think strategically and execute with a sense of urgency, delivering services to meet customer demands on a timely basis.
14. Experience contributing to Open Source and interacting with Open-Source communities is a plus.
15. Bachelor's degree or equivalent with proven years of experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field of education.

What you’ll learn

1. Develop software and orchestration of networking traffic.
2. An experience with building network software at scale with focus on resilience, automation of well tested production ready software. Technologies: VPC (Virtual Private Cloud), Load Balancers, DNS, IP Address Management.

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing.

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.