2 hours ago
Tokyo, JapanStaff+
Base Salary
$200k - $360k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define and drive end-to-end architecture across network and software platforms, including control plane, data plane, telemetry, APIs, automation, and operations.
- Serve as architect-of-record for critical platforms and initiatives while collaborating with peer architects on shared systems and boundaries.
- Provide architectural leadership for network control systems, infrastructure software, open networking, and observability platforms.
- Guide engineering teams and technical leads on architecture, design patterns, implementation, and design reviews.
- Shape scalable, resilient, and operationally excellent platform designs across control plane systems, telemetry pipelines, and network platforms.
- Own architectural strategy from long-term vision through delivery and steady-state operations, translating business needs into technical direction.
- Act as a senior escalation point for complex cross-domain issues and provide architectural leadership during critical incidents.
- Establish architectural governance, standards, best practices, metrics, and approaches to technical debt while enabling team autonomy.
- Drive efficiency through automation, standardization, and simplification, including responsible adoption of AI capabilities.
- Influence engineering, product, and senior leadership and represent Equinix in industry standards, innovation, and emerging technology communities.
Requirements
- Significant experience working in large-scale, mission-critical infrastructure environments.
- Proven experience in a Principal or Senior Principal architecture role influencing technical direction across multiple teams and domains.
- Experience working within an architecture community or peer-architect model to drive alignment and shared outcomes.
- Experience applying AI/ML in large-scale infrastructure or platform environments.
- Familiarity with AIOps, data engineering, and production ML pipelines.
- Understanding of model lifecycle management and real-time inference systems is preferred.
- Deep expertise in modern cloud-native and distributed software architectures.
- Strong experience with control plane systems, telemetry and observability platforms, and network software stacks.
- Strong grounding in large-scale network architecture and operations, with the ability to reason across hardware, software, and operational systems.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to influence engineering, product, and senior leadership across globally distributed teams.
- Broad technical generalist perspective, strong architectural judgment, systems thinking, and a pragmatic, outcome-oriented approach.
Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program available to all employees.
- US employees may enroll in health, life, disability, and voluntary insurance plans.
- US retirement plan contributions may be available from the employee and Equinix.
- US paid time off and paid holidays are provided, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Canada employees may enroll in healthcare, life, disability, and optional benefit plans.
- Canada retirement and savings options include DCPP, RRSP, and TSFA plans.
- Canada vacation, personal time, and paid holidays are provided, subject to eligibility requirements.
- The role is listed for Equinix offices in Redwood City, Dallas, and Toronto; the posting does not state a remote or hybrid arrangement.
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About Equinix
Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, enabling digital leaders to harness a trusted platform to bring together and interconnect the foundational infrastructure that powers their success. Equinix enables today’s businesses to access all the right places, partners and possibilities they need to accelerate advantage. With Equinix, they can scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value.