Senior Associate Engineer, Product Software
Senior Associate Engineer, Product Software
- JR-158183
- Hybrid
- Redwood City
- Technology
- Full time
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.
Job Summary
The Senior Associate Engineer for NPE Observability is a key contributor to the development and maintenance of Equinix’s global telemetry platform. In this role, you will build and optimize the pipelines that collect and process data from our global network. You will bridge the gap between software development and network engineering, ensuring our observability tools are scalable, reliable, and automated. This is a role for an engineer who is passionate about clean code, distributed systems, and the inner workings of large-scale service provider networks.
Responsibilities
Execution & Infrastructure
Clean Implementation: Develop and maintain scalable, automated code for our on-premise telemetry infrastructure, ensuring all contributions follow team standards and "Clean Code" principles
Operational Excellence: Provide consistent technical updates on project milestones and actively integrate industry-standard CI/CD and automation tools into the development lifecycle
Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify bottlenecks or friction points within the telemetry data pipelines and propose effective, automated solutions to improve performance
Support & Reliability
Incident Response: Act as a technical point of contact for incident resolution, performing root-cause analysis to ensure system uptime
Compliance & Monitoring: Assist in defining SLA metrics and ensuring that daily deployments remain ITIL compliant
Stakeholder Interaction: Serve as a reliable contact for internal teams regarding their telemetry and monitoring needs
R&D Contribution
Technical Research: Investigate new observability tools to help define future engineering practices
Skill Development: Stay current with the latest trends in the observability and AIOps space, contributing to new features that align with the broader Network Platform Engineering strategy
Qualifications
Experience: 3–5 years in software engineering, including 1–2 years working withing an enterprise or service provider networking environment
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or a related field
Coding Standards: Solid understanding of SOLID principles and design patterns in Java or Go
Networking Fundamentals: Practical experience with major vendors (Cisco, Arista, or Juniper) and their respective Yang model implementations. Proficiency and experience working with service provider networking technologies and protocols, including BGP, IS-IS, MPLS, QoS, EVPN, VXLAN, etc.
Technical Requirements: Proficiency in SQL, exposure to Kafka or Flink, and hands-on experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and the ELK Stack
Infrastructure: Experience deploying and managing applications on Kubernetes (K8s), Jenkins and ArgoCD
Nice to Have: Exposure to Thanos or scripting in Python/Puppet
Why Join the NPE Observability Team?
Build the Future of Network Automation As a Senior Associate on the NPE Observability team, you will be at the forefront of the network observability revolution, working on the high-tech pipelines that keep the global network running. You will gain hands-on mastery of the modern observability stack, from Kubernetes and Prometheus to ClickHouse and modern frontend frameworks, while learning from world-class experts in both software and networking. This is a high growth environment where your code directly impacts the reliability of a global fabric.
The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:
United States - Redwood City Office GHQ : 109,000 - 163,000 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.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.
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