Equinix is looking for a Sr. Director of Software Engineering for our Platform & Engineering Services organization.

In this role, you will lead an organization of engineers to architect, build, deploy, and operate mission-critical services, requiring 99.999% uptime and the highest levels of performance. This leader will be responsible for Billing/Quote-to-Cash systems, DevOps & Infrastructure Management, Notifications services, and other shared services on which internal and external customers rely every minute of every day.

Candidates must have proven expertise in leading teams to build and operate SaaS, PaaS, and/or IaaS systems at web scale. Further, the ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience transforming nascent applications and services which have reached limits in their current form into scalable enterprise solutions.

• Lead an engineering organization transformation by taking immature systems, processes, and practices, into a mature and predicable set of services and practices
• Build a world-class engineering team by hiring, up-leveling, and right-sizing engineering teams and talent, assessing and prioritizing areas of most urgent needs
• Create a motivated team by defining and communicating a clear engineering vision and strategy for mission-critical services
• In partnership with Product Management, ensure that engineering teams build for future scale using modern development and operational practices to limit technical debt and provide future flexibility/optionality of systems and applications
• Promote the partnership mindset between Engineering, Product, and UX at all levels of your organization, embracing the concept of “one team”
• Develop successful and transparent peer partnerships with other leaders of Engineering and cross-functional teams (sales, marketing, channel, etc.), all of which should be considered customers
• Define, develop, measure, and manage OKRs and KPIs to achieve system availability, performance targets, team velocity, and engineering goals, using these measures to guide prioritization
• Build highly resilient (99.999% uptime) architectures while mitigating dependencies outside of your direct control (network, DNS, 3rd party vendors, etc.)
• Develop mature DevOps/operational practices, including instrumentation, monitoring, and alerting of systems, services, and applications
• Dig into the details and intimately know your systems, processes, and products, guiding the teams to build scalable systems
• Build a highly functional team environment with a foundation of trust

• 5+ years leading engineering managers with responsibility for multiple products & services
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar engineering degree, or demonstrable equivalent experience preferred