Job Description

Who are we?

Help us challenge assumptions, uncover bias, and remove barriers—because progress starts with fresh ideas. You’ll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you’re empowered to do your best work.

The Product Software team at Equinix builds next-generation software products and architecture for our product software and services offerings. We are seeking engineers to serve as a technical pillar for the organization. In this role, you will not only design and develop product software application but also define the architectural standards for consistent APIs and event-driven microservices. You will act as a bridge between product vision and technical execution, collaborating with engineering leaders and product managers to abstract complex enterprise workflows into scalable, resilient systems. Thus, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, product quality and secure code is essential

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Contribute to the technical strategy and execution for modular, event-driven, and scalable microservices supporting enterprise workflows
• Design and implement reusable frameworks and self-service modules for service onboarding, configuration, and lifecycle management
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate software design, testing, and operations - e.g., AI-assisted code reviews, test generation, and root cause analysis
• Collaborate with senior architects and cross-functional teams on architecture decisions
• Promote design practices that improve maintainability, observability, and operational excellence

Engineering Excellence

• Lead by example—building secure, reliable, and observable systems that meet performance and scalability goals
• Implement and advocate best practices for API-first development, CI/CD automation, and DevSecOps
• Partner with product managers and peers to translate business intent into scalable technical solutions
• Contribute to automation and AI-driven monitoring that improves reliability and accelerates problem resolution

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering or equivalent
• 6+ years of full stack expertise in cloud-based application development on a microservice architecture with in-depth knowledge of Java
• Experience coordinating cross cutting initiatives in a product organization and engaging with cross-functional Product Management and Engineering teams
• Possess hands-on experience with engaging Product Managers to crystalize requirements into technology solutions for delivery
• Hands-on experience with UI technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Typescript, ReactJS
• Hands-on experience with frameworks and tools including Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, JPA, Junit, NodeJS, Express & SQL/NoSQL, Git
• Possesses hands-on experience and technical expertise across AWS and GCP, with proficiency in technologies such as Ansible, Containers, Kubernetes, Temporal, and Terraform, along with observability tools including Grafana, AppDynamics, and PagerDuty
• Basic understanding of Identity concepts such as SAML, JWT, OAuth, and microservices
• Possesses knowledge of data modelling (RDBMS, XSD, JSON), Database/XML interaction, SQL, ORM, and hands-on experience with RDBMS databases like Postgres, Oracle and RDS

Successful candidate will

• Be a talent multiplier who gets the team around them to excel
• Be persistent, creative and driven to get results relentlessly
• Exhibit a strong backbone to challenge the status quo, when needed
• Exhibit a high level of curiosity, keeping abreast of the latest trends & technologies
• Show pride of ownership and strive for excellence in everything undertaken

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

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.

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This posting is for a backfill position, meaning it is to fill an existing vacancy within our organization.