Software Development Engineer Staff

Who are we

Equinix is the worlds digital infrastructure company, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet.

A place where bold ideas are welcomed, human connection is valued, and everyone has the opportunity to shape their future.

Help us challenge assumptions, uncover bias, and remove barriersbecause progress starts with fresh ideas. Youll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes youbecause when you feel valued, youre empowered to do your best work.

Job Summary

The Software Development Eng Staff (Specialist level) is a seasoned experienced professional with a full understanding of the area of specialization while responsible for a variety of software development engineering systems issues. This job is the fully qualified, career-oriented, journey-level position. Is an individual contributor level that does not lead other employees or teams.

Responsibilities

A seasoned experienced professional with a full understanding of area of specialization; resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways

Normally receives little instruction on day-to-day work, general instructions on new assignments

Technical

Consistently producesmaintainable, high quality professional software code independently

Designs systems independently and leads by example to more junior team members

Debugs production issues involving multiple systems; works to simplify, optimize and remove bottlenecks

Sets code review guidelines and sets an example in code quality to more junior team members

Technical for SDET/QA

Owns and delivers on quality goals for the team; leads by example

Contributes towards CI/CD goals for the team

Influences the definition of stories and epics and owns functional test methodology

Has a firm grasp of system and deployment architecture; identifies performance and scalability bottlenecks and influences the solution

Dealing with Ambiguity

Technical strategy is defined. Able to deal with ambiguity and adopt

Helps to interpret ambiguous product requirements and provides clarity

Process

Identifies opportunities to improve the team''s efficiency and operational excellence, and implements within a diverse scope

Scope and Impact

Owns medium, large sub-systems consisting of many moving features and parts of software engineering systems

Leadership

Dives deep into the root cause ofissues and ensures that the issues remain fixed

Collaborates with and influences team members; mentors junior engineers

Views problems as opportunities and proposes solutions

Acts like an owner; thinks on behalf of customers

Able to navigatechallenges faced in achieving goals or reach out for help in a timely manner

Mentors junior engineers

Qualifications

Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience

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