Senior Director, Platform Software Engineering - Remote Location - United States of America

Who are we?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 250 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals. 

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 is looking for a Sr. Director of Software Engineering for our Platform & Engineering Services organization.  In this role, you will lead a large 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 Identity & Access Management systems, Billing/Quote-to-Cash systems, API gateways, as well as other shared services on which internal and external customers rely every minute of every day.  The ideal candidate will have built and operated SaaS, PaaS, and/or IaaS systems at web scale, with proven techniques and demonstrable results.

Responsibilities

• 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 …