Software Engineer (Backend)
8 days ago
Dallas
Job DescriptionAbout our Company:Based in Denver, Colorado, Cologix is North America's leading network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center company. Our platform gives customers access to 45+ digital edge and ScalelogixSM hyperscale edge data centers in 12 markets across the United States and Canada along with a carrier-dense ecosystem of 710+ networks, 360+ cloud providers, 30+ onramps and seven Internet exchanges. We provide our nearly 2,000 customers with direct access to our local operations teams, resulting in strong partnerships enabled by exceptional operational support and unparalleled customer service. Backed by one of the largest North American infrastructure funds, Cologix's experienced leadership team, certified staff and commitment to ESG initiatives help form a culture that values our people, our environment and our clients. About the Position: As a Software Engineer in the Platform Engineering team at Cologix, you will be part of a talented group, dedicated to designing, building, and delivering a best-in-class, software-defined network (SDN) exchange platform, which will provide the next-generation of cloud connection and digital Meet-Me-Room (MMR) services to our customers. Working together, your team of cross-functional Developers, Network Engineers, Analysts, and Technical Specialists will turn customer feedback, competitive intelligence, and creative ideas into products and features that are open, accessible, completely transparent, highly efficient, wildly scalable, and incredibly effective. Collectively, you will be responsible for delivering a universal connection platform that is, to our customers, valuable, intuitive, and competitive. This is a top priority of the business, and as such, you will be expected to act as a customer advocate, ensuring that this is the solution that our customers both want and need. What you do daily: • Write clean, efficient, and reusable code for a high-performance, layer 2 virtual interconnection platform (network exchange, cloud exchange), • Incorporate data protection and cybersecurity measures into your solutions, • Perform diagnostic tests, fix bugs, and provide technical support to customers and stakeholders, • Document software development processes and prepare project reports, • Provide suggestions for improvement and apply them to daily tasks and processes What makes you a good fit: (Qualifications), • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience, • In-depth knowledge and experience programming in PHP, Python, and JavaScript, • Solid expertise in Laravel, FastAPI, Vue or React, Node.js, containers, • Experience developing API services and using Postman, • Strong Linux: CLI, bash scripting, and log review, • Proven background working with databases and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) tools, • Experience with network automation using the nornir framework or similar is a plus, • Knowledge of advanced networking technologies and services including MPLS, VPLS/VPWS, Ethernet, IP/VPN routing protocols and architectures, IP security/SSL, IP multicast, IPv6, and wired/wireless LAN infrastructures is a strong plus but not required, • Juniper networking knowledge, experience, and certification are a plus, • Knowledge of NetSuite is a plus, • Attention to detail, especially in identifying and fixing errors