Director, Product Software Architecture and Engineering

Director, Product Software Architecture and Engineering

Equinix is the worlds digital infrastructure company, operating 240+ data centersacross the globe andproviding interconnections to all the key clouds

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Equinix is the worlds digital infrastructure company, operating 240+ data centersacross the globe andproviding 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, wehelp the worlds digital leaders scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences, andtransform peoples lives. Our culture is based on collaboration and the growth and development of our teams.

We hirehardworking people who thrive on solvingchallengingproblems 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 providingan equitable work environment. that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

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The Product Software and Platform Software team at Equinix builds next-generation software products and architecture for our Equinix software platform and services offerings. We are looking for an experienced technology leader to lead our next gen customer facing digital experience platform engineering team. Located at our Singapore office, the successful candidate will be building a world class, globally distributed engineering team of high skilled engineers and managers in Singapore and Sunnyvale, USA, and driving a culture of innovation, excellence & collaboration across various engineering disciplines. They will, with their team, develop products and digital infrastructure to accelerate the digital transformation of Equinix's Data Center Services end-to-end experience.

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Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of software engineering managers and engineers, advocating a high-performance culture
• Define and implement software development methodologies, best practices, and standards to ensure the delivery of high -quality software products whilst managing development budgets, schedules, and resources to meet project objectives.
• Responsible for optimizing resource allocation and resolving resource allocation challenges across the portfolio, managing vendor and resources for infrastructural needs
• Guide and/or revise portfolio-level plans, as needed, to ensure they completely gather all activities and eliminate duplicative efforts
• Responsible for leading strategic planning, influencing and driving prioritization of initiatives with executive partners
• Responsible for developing and presenting a roadmap of projects and initiatives in support of partner priorities to all levels of the organization
• Participates in software architecture, design reviews and DevOps processes of various projects and products
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other partners to ensure successful delivery of products, projects, and services
• Drives executive partner communications with respective to portfolio status, and budget utilization.
• Monitors consistency to critical metrices and responsible to resolve advanced issues and potential roadblocks, identifying and mitigating project execution risks
• Is accountable for successful implementation of approved system improvement recommendations whilst ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, security policies, and data protection laws.
• Monitor industry trends, new technologies, and emerging practices to find opportunities for innovation and improvement.

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Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, with 10 + years of demonstrated ability in software engineering management.
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to lead and empower a team of software engineers. Proven track record to lead software development budgets, schedules, and resources.
• Deep knowledge of software development methodologies, industry standards.
• Strong technical skills, with experience in software development using modern programming languages, frameworks, and platforms. Passionate about analyzing sophisticated problems and develop effective solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical partners.
• Experience working in an Agile software development environment.
• Experience working with cloud-based technologies, microservices, and containers is a plus.