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# Senior Staff Engineer, Software Defined Dataplane

- **Company:** Equinix
- **Location:** Dallas, TX, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $136,000.0 - $204,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Computing Platforms, Unit Testing, Microsoft Azure, Border Gateway Protocol, Software Quality, Computer Networks, Continuous Integration, Linux, Distributed Systems, Internet Protocol Security (IP SEC), Netconf, Network Service, Network Administration, Network Protocols, Open Source Technology, Software Construction, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Google Cloud, Computer Network Technologies, Technical Debt, Containerization, Integration Tests, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Grpc, Docker, Golang
- **Published:** June 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/equinix-senior-staff-engineer-software-defined-dataplane-oyaxdn7eo5

## About the Role

This role presents a great opportunity for a passionate senior engineer to make a tangible impact to the future-state technology stack of Equinix' global networks and infrastructure. If you believe in the power of technology to change the world, and if you value creativity, work comfortably in a fast-paced environment and are eager to learn new technologies, we would like to talk to you., * 7-10 years experience in software development, preferably building & operating highly reliable distributed systems

 * Bachelor's/Master's degree in computer science or relevant engineering field or equivalent industry experience
 * Experience in building software defined multi-tenant networking platforms at scale using cloud-native networking technologies and ecosystems
 * Deep understanding of L2/L3 networking protocols and concepts (BGP, EVP-LAN, IPSEC, etc)
 * Experience in working with network management protocols: gRPC, Netconf
 * Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, or other open-source alternatives
 * Experience with public cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure) services and technologies
 * Expertise in automating deployments of applications into Kubernetes on x86 deployments
 * Experience with open source and networking technologies, ecosystems, communities and industry forums such the Linux Foundation
 * Good understanding of application development stack
 * Substantive track record with Golang programming language
 * Experience in leading and mentoring a team of developers to ensure timely delivery of high-quality software
 * Excellent writing and verbal communications skills from engineering to executive

## Description

We're looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer who will be responsible for building easy to operate, reliable and high-performing applications and networking software for our next generation networking platform. As a senior staff engineer, you'll work with the team to build highly scalable and reliable systems. You will participate in software design and operationalization - providing leadership in all aspects of running services across critical and pivotal initiatives. You will focus on building networking services through network-adjacent virtualized compute platforms to deliver network primitives by providing a platform for future cloud-native network software. You will be a key contributor in building and maintaining the components that drive our customers' experience., * Software development towards designing an ecosystem of software services to extend Equinix's networking services through a network-adjacent virtualized compute platform

 * Design and manage networking software services in highly concurrent, scalable, distributed transactional systems
 * Aligning technical design of software systems with business outcomes to ensure our software services meet customer SLAs
 * Contribute and lead the team to set up CICD pipelines with solid unit tests and integration tests to help deliver code from commit to deployment in minutes with confidence
 * Develop an observability strategy for our software services
 * Work with the team for constant improvement of system performance and scale using system profiling tools and stress testing techniques
 * Help identify technical debt and drive continual improvement of our software quality
 * Contribute to next-generation networking proof-of-concept projects in close collaboration with cross functional teams to deliver tangible outcomes that guide new technology investments and implementation decisions to evolve the network technology stack
 * Partner with support and operations teams to ensure proper operationalization and support of our software in Production
 * Drive a culture of innovation, excellence & collaboration with other business functions
 * Participate in designing and improving incident management processes and collaborating with the team in troubleshooting strategies and fixing production issues in a timely manner
 * Participate in an on-call rotation (when we get software into Production), 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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