Job Description
Who are we?
Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 260 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
Equinix is looking for a Principal Engineer to join its Developer Relations team. In this role, you will work within our team to create, maintain, support, and promote integrations for Equinix products and services. You will advise developers and users, internally and publicly, on design patterns that improve the integration experience.
Responsibilities
As a Principal Engineer on the Developer Relations Engineering team, you will ...
- Fit Equinix platform features and APIs to third-party SDKs, tools, and platforms
- Deliver tested and documented integrations and features
- Define and reduce scope to prioritize the work needed to achieve goals
- Encourage, foster, and support partner and user-led integration efforts
- Automate builds, tests, deployments, and chores
- Communicate integration, partner, and user needs to platform teams
- Communicate integration and platform features and limitations to partners and users
- Identify customer needs and provide solutions for infrastructure deployment and scale
- Create public and internal roadmaps and changelogs for integrations
- Educate and mentor contributors and junior team members with detailed analysis and constructive feedback
- Report on usage and experience to inform priority
Qualifications
- 10+ years experience
- Bachelor's in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
- 8 + years of experience supporting or developing cloud-native or similar technologies
- 6 + years of experience in software development
- Appetite for learning, using, developing, and improving specifications and SDKs
- Ability to balance transparency and confidentiality along with optimism and pragmatism
- Enthusiasm for open-source collaboration and experience giving and taking public feedback
- Experience developing applications, APIs, or platforms
- Experience using infrastructure as code tools and a desire to drive automation
- Experience with containerization and virtualization platforms (VMWare, Xen, KVM, Docker, etc.)
- Experience supporting customers directly or asynchronously
- Proficiency in using GitHub and developing CI/CD pipelines
- Proficiency with Ubuntu, RedHat, or other Linux environments (including OS, disk, network management)
- 3+ years of experience with Go and Python
- Adaptability when designs, projects, situations, or priorities inevitably change
- Ability to manage multiple projects and help guide team members as needed
- Ability to represent our platform and integrations in public articles, podcasts, or streams
- Experience managing network and hardware infrastructure, protocols, and software
- Experience developing Kubernetes controllers or building plugins for Terraform, Ansible, and similar tools
- Experience managing stakeholder expectations, prioritizing your own work while collaborating across teams
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 this form.
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.
- San Francisco, CA / Bay Area: $179,000 to $304,000 per year
- California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $172,000 to $293,000 per year
- Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $159,000 to $271,000 per year
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.
This position may be offered in other locations. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
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.
As an employee, you become important to Equinix’s success. Details about our company benefits can be found at the following link:
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