Staff Engineer, Product Software - Ui

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 245+ data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed.

At Equinix, we help the world’s digital leaders scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences, and transform people’s lives. Our culture is based on collaboration and the growth and development of our teams. 

We hire hardworking people who thrive on solving challenging problems and give them opportunities to hone new skills, and try new approaches, as we grow our product portfolio with new software and network architecture solutions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment. that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success

Job Summary

Equinix seeks a skilled and innovative Staff Engineer- User Interface to join our diverse team. In this exciting role, you will be responsible for crafting, designing, developing, and operating intuitive and visually spectacular user interfaces for our software products. Collaborating with dedicated engineers and designers, you will strive to uphold the highest standards of usability and accessibility, ensuring our products remain at the forefront of innovation and industry excellence. The successful candidate will possess excellent communication and organization skills and a customer-focused attitude. They will be a standout colleague, demonstrate high curiosity, and be driven to get results relentlessly.

Responsibilities

• Work in a Globally Distributed Development team environment with minimal direction
• Responsible for operating in a DevSecOps environment with quality first mentality
• Responsible for solving and fixing production issues with SLA compliance
• Participate in continuous grooming in collaboration with the Product Owner
• Responsible for the design and development of user interfaces for software products
• Work with Product Management and other key collaborators to develop effective and efficient business solutions in sustainability
• Develop User Interface, Microservices & REST APIs (incl. Swagger and OpenAPI)
• Responsible for delivering solutions that meet business objectives in alignment with architectural principles & guidelines
• Responsible for Investigating, analyzing, and evaluating new technologies
• Develop and maintain reusable UI components and libraries
• Participate in the design & peer code review process
• Optimize user interfaces for performance and scalability

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Agile-scrum methodology and Test-driven development
• Strong computer programming foundation with knowledge of Data Structures, Concurrency, Algorithms, Design Patterns, and Best Practices
• Bachelor's or master's degree or equivalent with 5+ years of experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field of education
• Knowledge of Micro front-end (MFE) architecture
• Experience with front-end frameworks such as React or Angular
• Excellent communication, organization, and presentation skills
• Strong understanding of cross-browser compatibility and web accessibility standards
• Knowledge of UI design principles and best practices
• Good knowledge of Agile/Scrum, continuous integration, and deployment
• Experience using a public cloud such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Istio
• Experience with user-centered design methodologies and usability testing
• Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and related web technologies

Successful candidate will

• Be a great teammate with a "We before Me" attitude and persistent, creative, and driven to achieve results relentlessly
• Exhibit a high level of curiosity and growth mindset and will stay on top of the latest trends & technologies to "Find a Better Way" and "Keep Growing."
• Have an attitude of putting the "Customer at the center of everything."
• Show pride in ownership and strive for excellence in undertakings
• Be an "Energy Supplier" who gets the team around them to excel
• Demonstrate the "Step up, Speak Up" value to challenge the status quo when needed

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you need assistance in applying for an open position, you may send an email to [email protected]. Please provide your contact information and let us know how we can assist you.

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.