Hybrid Senior Principal Engineer, Product Software

at Equinix

• Job title: Senior Principal Engineer, Product Software
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $240,000 - $360,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Redwood City, United States

About the role

• Senior Principal Engineer guiding strategic network architecture choices and modernization for Equinix’s customers. Collaborating closely with product engineering to enhance the company's portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to strategic customers, guiding them through network architecture decisions, design patterns, and technology adoption
• Act as a technical evangelist—communicating our networking vision, platform capabilities, and roadmap to customers, partners, and industry stakeholders
• Lead executive and architectural conversations to help customers modernize and optimize their networks using our portfolio and best practices
• Work closely with engineering and product leadership to influence product direction, identify gaps, and drive enhancements aligned with real customer needs
• Provide technical validation and architectural input for new features, integrations, and platform extensions
• Translate customer pain points and field insights into actionable product requirements and long-term roadmap considerations
• Evaluate and shape the evolution of our own network architecture as a provider, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and operational excellence
• Bring industry best practices into our internal design processes and guide architectural decisions across the organization
• Advise the leadership team and teams on emerging market trends, competitive dynamics, customer priorities, and technology shifts
• Provide thought leadership for strategic initiatives, long-term network strategy, and cross-company architectural alignment

Requirements

• 10+ years of direct experience designing, deploying, and operating enterprise or service provider networks, ideally across diverse environments and architectures
• Prior experience at a cloud provider, large-scale enterprise in a principal architect role
• Experience with API-driven architectures, network automation frameworks, and modern DevOps practices
• Recognized industry thought leadership
• Deep expertise in networking and cloud technologies
• Demonstrated ability to drive architectural strategy at scale
• Proven track record collaborating with engineering and product teams to shape platform capabilities
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex concepts into clear, compelling messages.

Benefits

• Insurance: You may enroll in health, life, disability and voluntary plans that are designed for you and your eligible family members.
• Retirement: You and Equinix may contribute to a retirement plan to help you plan for your financial future.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays: You will receive an accrued amount of PTO each pay period along with various paid holidays for you to rest and recharge.