Equinix

Software Development Engineer Staff

Equinix
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Toronto, Canada +3 moreStaff+
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Base Salary

$134k - $200k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate golden-path self-service systems for engineers across the company.
  • Reduce developer toil through automation and productized developer tooling.
  • Implement AI-driven SDLC capabilities including AI-assisted code generation, code review, test generation, and agentic workflows.
  • Evaluate AI’s effect on delivery speed, quality, and developer satisfaction to guide the platform roadmap.
  • Partner with security, CI/CD, and application engineering teams to establish standards without creating bottlenecks.
  • Contribute to the evolution of the developer portal and platform products.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 3 years in platform engineering or developer experience at a mid-to-large engineering organization.
  • Experience designing and operating opinionated systems at scale that hundreds of engineers depend on daily.
  • Demonstrated success reducing developer toil through automation rather than documentation alone.
  • Working understanding of AI-driven SDLC models, AI tools and agents, and related risks and governance considerations.
  • Strong written communication skills, with the ability to create self-explanatory tooling and documentation.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with security, CI/CD, and application engineering teams.
  • Strongly preferred background at a company with a strong platform culture.
  • Preferred experience with Backstage or similar developer portal frameworks.
  • Preferred familiarity with enterprise compliance requirements, audit trails, change evidence, and vulnerability scanning integration.
  • Preferred hands-on experience integrating LLM-based or agentic tools into developer workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Preferred experience measuring engineering effectiveness using DORA metrics, lead time for change, or delivery velocity.

Benefits

  • Employee Assistance Program.
  • US employees may enroll in health, life, disability, and voluntary insurance plans.
  • US retirement plan contributions may be made by the employee and Equinix.
  • US accrued paid time off and paid holidays.
  • Canada healthcare, life, disability, and optional benefit plans.
  • Canada retirement and savings plans including DCPP, RRSP, and TFSA.
  • Canada vacation, personal time, and paid holidays.

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About Equinix

10,000+ employees

Equinix is a public digital infrastructure company that operates a global platform of colocation and interconnection data centers for enterprises, cloud and network providers. It sells space, power, and connectivity, plus services such as Equinix Fabric, Network Edge, and Equinix Metal for hybrid multicloud and edge deployments. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, it is listed on NASDAQ (EQIX) and runs hundreds of IBX facilities across major metros worldwide.

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