Remote Principal Software Engineer, Software Networking Job in UK Equinix

Who you are

• Proven experience developing distributed, scalable, and highly available services using Golang, Ruby on Rails, Python, or other similar languages
• Experience designing microservices and systems at scale with a focus on production readiness
• Experience in designing and implementing API interfaces using REST or gRPC
• Understanding of distributed systems architecture, operational readiness, and cloud infrastructure provider use cases
• Deep analytical and problem solving skills with a sense of curiosity
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills internally and externally including the ability to document solutions and create architectural diagrams
• Ability to think strategically and execute with a sense of urgency
• Experience with L2-L3 networking technologies, including EVPN/VXLAN, at datacenter scale or cloud scale is a plus
• Experience with building network software at scale with focus on resilience, automation of well tested production ready software
• Familiarity with operating traditional SQL databases such as PostgreSQL is a plus
• Experience contributing to Open Source and interacting with Open Source communities is a plus
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and other container services will be a plus
• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field of study

Desirables

• Production Readiness
• Strategic Thinking
• Grpc

What the job involves

• Architect, design, and develop network orchestration microservices and features for a bare metal cloud that scales and provides interconnection across the Equinix ecosystem
• Provide technical leadership for the team of highly passionate engineers to evolve our software networking features
• Collaborate with architects driving the technical strategy and direction for our large-scale cloud services, ensuring simplicity, high reliability, ease of maintenance, and operation