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Job Summary
The Staff Engineer for the daVinci - Network Observability team is the lead technical authority for the design and implementation of Equinix’s global telemetry fabric. You bridge the gap between high-scale distributed software and global network hardware, driving the execution of our most complex data-intensive initiatives. You own the technical integrity of our streaming pipelines, ensuring that telemetry from the global fleet is ingested, normalized, and processed with sub-second latency. As a master of software patterns and a specialist in high-throughput systems, you are the primary driver of technical excellence within the Network Platform Engineering (NPE) group.
Responsibilities
Technical Architecture & Execution
From Vision to Reality: Translate high-level architectural blueprints into hands-on automation strategies and scalable infrastructure that powers our global visibility
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.
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