Equinix

SDN Engineer, Product Software

Equinix
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17 hours ago
Toronto, Canada or Dallas, TX, USASenior
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Base Salary

$121k - $181k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop AI inference networking open-source software as part of a globally distributed development team.
  • Cultivate Equinix’s presence in open-source organizations and standards bodies, including the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and Linux Foundation.
  • Work with stakeholders to understand and document product features and provide level-of-effort estimates for the product backlog.
  • Coordinate with technical project managers and product management teams to define schedules.
  • Evaluate technologies and recommend solutions for product features and platform goals.
  • Apply strong design, development, and engineering standards while prioritizing parallel work and responding to ad-hoc requests.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience designing and building highly redundant SDN network infrastructure, with emphasis on L4/L7 proxying, HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, gRPC, SNI routing, mTLS, and proxy tools such as HAProxy, Envoy, and NGINX.
  • 5+ years of experience applying networking and security principles in cloud infrastructure deployments.
  • Demonstrated experience with SSH, TLS, IPsec, WireGuard, IAM, VPCs, IaaS peering, and VPN solutions.
  • Deep understanding of the OSI model and its application.
  • Strong record of delivering resilient network systems and services with a focus on end-user experience.
  • Strong hands-on technical skills, including complex network system design and implementation.
  • Familiarity with APIs and designing solutions for network automation, dashboards, or monitoring.
  • Programming experience in languages such as Go, Python, C, C++, or Rust.
  • A DevOps mindset and experience improving CI/CD with GitHub Actions and using DORA metrics.

Benefits

  • Employee Assistance Program.
  • US employees may enroll in health, life, disability, and voluntary insurance plans.
  • US retirement plan contributions are available from the employee and Equinix.
  • US paid time off and paid holidays are provided, subject to eligibility requirements.
  • Canadian employees may enroll in healthcare, life, disability, and optional benefit plans.
  • Canadian retirement and savings options include DCPP, RRSP, and TFSA plans.
  • Canadian vacation, personal time, and paid holidays are provided, subject to eligibility requirements.
  • Benefits are subject to plan terms, eligibility requirements, and change at Equinix’s discretion.

Tech Stack

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About Equinix

10,000+ employees

Equinix is a public digital infrastructure company that operates a global platform of colocation and interconnection data centers for enterprises, cloud and network providers. It sells space, power, and connectivity, plus services such as Equinix Fabric, Network Edge, and Equinix Metal for hybrid multicloud and edge deployments. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, it is listed on NASDAQ (EQIX) and runs hundreds of IBX facilities across major metros worldwide.

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