Who are we

Equinix is the world's 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 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.

About Equinix

Equinix is the leading global interconnection platform, accelerating business performance by connecting companies to their customers and partners inside the world's most networked data centers. More than 4,800+ of the world's most demanding customers trust us to provide a place where they can run their mission-critical applications and grow their businesses. Our dream is to interconnect the world – and create a historically significant company in the process. Today we are a $9 billion annual revenue company with over 13,000+ employees worldwide, and we're growing. Our global ecosystem is larger than our next 10 competitors combined, providing customers access to 2,000+ network services, 3,000+ cloud and IT services, 450+ content and digital media services, and 4,800+ enterprises.

If this sounds like the kind of company you'd like to work for, it gets better. Equinix's Software Architecture & Engineering team is on a mission to build next-generation platforms that power global operations at scale. We're looking for excellent software engineers with a product-building mindset to help drive that mission forward.

Why This Role

You'll be architecting and building the platform that Equinix's global data center operations runs on - working at the intersection of enterprise architecture, full stack delivery, and AI-assisted engineering. The problems are real, the scale is global, and the decisions you make here will shape how thousands of technicians and engineers work across 70+ metros worldwide.

About The Role

We're modernising the platforms that power day-to-day operations across Equinix's global data center network - moving to a modern full stack architecture built around a configurable framework, so our teams can adapt faster and scale without one-off development every time requirements change.

This is a Senior Staff (Expert) Engineer role. You'll own detailed technical design and hands-on delivery, working across business stakeholders, enterprise architects, and cross-functional engineering teams. You'll also serve as the technical anchor - setting the standard and shaping how things get built.

Stack: React

Spring Boot
Java
PostgreSQL
CI/CD
GitHub Copilot

What You'll Do

Technical Leadership

Own detailed technical design and architecture - translating enterprise architecture direction into implementation-ready, application-level solutions
Drive the platform shift toward a configurable framework model- building services that scale across varied operational workflows
Set engineering standards across the team: code quality, design patterns, performance, and security
Serve as the senior technical voice for the leading design reviews, code reviews, and hands-on mentoring

Hands-On Delivery

Lead full stack development with a current frontend emphasis (React), contributing meaningfully on the backend (Spring Boot); flexibility across both layers is essential as platform priorities evolve
Build and maintain microservices with Spring Boot and PostgreSQL as the primary data layer
Integrate with upstream and downstream systems across a complex enterprise landscape
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support high-velocity, reliable delivery

AI-Assisted Engineering

Lead the team's AI-assisted development practices - writing precise prompts, reviewing generated output with the same rigour as hand-written code, and owning the maintainability of everything that ships
Use GitHub Copilot as a tool that accelerates engineering quality, not just output volume

Stakeholder Collaboration

Partner with business teams, architects, and engineering peers to turn ambiguous requirements into scalable technical solutions
Influence design decisions across teams through technical credibility and clear communication

Required

What We're Looking For

8+ years of hands-on software development in enterprise or large-scale distributed systems environments
Strong React experience — component architecture, state management, performance optimisation
Solid Spring Boot / Java backend development in a microservices context
Proficiency with PostgreSQL or equivalent relational databases
Demonstrated experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
Active hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot or equivalent) — with the ability to critically evaluate and take full ownership of the output
Strong communication skills - able to work effectively across business stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams simultaneously

Preferred

Experience in enterprise platform or configurable framework development
Background in operational tooling, workforce management, or order management domains
Familiarity with AWS or equivalent cloud platforms

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field- or equivalent practical experience
Minimum 8 years of relevant software development experience

What a Strong Profile Looks Like

We're looking for engineers who have built real depth on one side of the stack, grown meaningfully into the other, and are ready to own an entire delivery chain and elevate the team around them.

Candidates with stronger frontend depth (React) who have solid backend experience are a particularly good fit for the current phase of this work. The balance will shift over time - comfort moving with it matters.

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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