Roadmap Ownership: Drive the engineering team toward key milestones, ensuring that the code we ship aligns with the long-term NPE vision
Lead System Design: Lead the team through complex implementations, establishing the gold standard for how we handle real-time streaming telemetry and high-performance databases
Reliability & Support Engineering
Stakeholder Synthesis: Translate complex product requirements into technical specifications, managing relationships with internal and external customers
Service Standards: Define critical SLA metrics and ensure the observability platform maintains global ITIL compliance
Incident Leadership: Serve as the senior point of contact for complex root-cause analysis and the resolution of cross-platform outages
Innovation & R&D
Hands-on Research: Evaluate emerging technologies Model-Driven Telemetry (MDT) to keep the platform at the cutting edge
Process Influence: Prove out new concepts and define change-management practices that impact the broader business strategy
Qualifications
Tenure: 5+ years in software engineering/distributed systems and 3+ years in large-scale network engineering
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or a related field
Software Excellence: Mastery of SOLID and Clean Architecture applied to Big Data; proficiency in Java, Go, and SQL
Networking Depth: Expert understanding of Model-Driven Telemetry; ability to optimize gNMI over SNMP for high-scale environments. Proficiency and experience working with service provider networking technologies and protocols, including BGP, IS-IS, MPLS, QoS, EVPN, VXLAN
Technical Stack: Hands-on expertise with Apache Flink, Kafka, Clickhouse, Prometheus, Thanos, and Kubernetes
Automation Mastery: Expert-level Python or Go skills; experience building custom collectors or API integrations for network OS (Junos, Nokia, Arista, etc.)
The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:
United States - Redwood City Office GHQ : 146,000 - 218,000 USD / 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 updated periodically based on business needs. 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.
Equinix Benefits
As an employee, you become important to Equinix’s success. We ensure all your benefits are in line with our core values: competitive, inclusive, sustainable, connected and efficient. We keep them competitive within the current marketplace to ensure we’re providing you with the best package possible. So, wherever you are in your career and life, you’ll be able to enhance your experience and bring your whole self to work.
Employee Assistance Program: An Employee Assistance program is available to all employees. 
US Benefits: - Insurance: You may enroll in health, life, disability and voluntary plans that are designed for you and your eligible family members. - Retirement: You and Equinix may contribute to a retirement plan to help you plan for your financial future. - Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays: You will receive an accrued amount of PTO each pay period along with various paid holidays for you to rest and recharge. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific plan or program terms.

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