Staff API Engineer, Equinix

• Bachelor's in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Experience building and operating production services and/or developer tooling with ownership of reliability and maintainability
• Working knowledge of API specifications and auth concepts (e.g., OpenAPI, OAuth2/OIDC); familiarity with MCP is a plus
• Proficiency in Go and/or Python for building maintainable tooling, automation, and services
• Experience with infrastructure as code and automation-first practices; familiarity with Terraform Providers/Modules is a plus
• Working knowledge of CI/CD and Git-based workflows in Linux environments; familiarity with Kubernetes concepts is a plus
• Familiarity with gateway/edge and routing patterns (e.g., Apigee, ALB, Kubernetes Ingress, Envoy) and how they influence API usability and onboarding

Desirable

• Works with product teams, analysts, and other engineers to design and build systems and application software that enable a robust, usable API ecosystem
• Implements and operates API ecosystem tooling—API specifications (eg, OpenAPI, OAuth2/OIDC, MCP), SDK and documentation generation workflows, and docs/developer platform engineering (eg, Docusaurus, Backstage, Confluence) including plugins, upgrades, light theming, and CI/CD
• Partners closely with a Senior Staff engineer on architecture and standards, and mentors junior team members through code reviews and shared ownership
• Translates developer and internal stakeholder feedback into actionable requirements for API ecosystem tooling and automation
• Performs basic change-impact analysis from specification and platform changes to downstream artifacts (SDKs, IaC integrations, docs generation, examples) and raises risks early
• Contributes to defining acceptance criteria and success metrics for ecosystem improvements (validation coverage, reliability, reduced manual steps)
• Contributes to architectural reviews by proposing implementation approaches, tradeoffs, and operational considerations
• Implements architecture patterns and standards defined by senior technical leadership for API lifecycle governance, generation pipelines, and platform integration
• Collaborates with gateway/edge and identity stakeholders to ensure implementations align with routing and security constraints (e.g., Apigee, ALB, Kubernetes Ingress, Envoy)
• Designs and delivers features/modules for API ecosystem tooling and platform extensions with attention to maintainability and reuse
• Creates or extends plugin and integration patterns for docs and developer platforms (e.g., Docusaurus, Backstage, Confluence) including themes, UI extensions, and build hooks
• Produces clear design notes and implementation docs to enable cross-repo contributions and reduce knowledge silos
• Understands and analyzes API specifications (e.g., OpenAPI, OAuth2/OIDC, MCP) and applies them in tooling and workflows
• Builds and maintains automation and services that generate SDKs and documentation from API specifications
• Builds and maintains IaC ecosystem components (e.g., Terraform Providers and Modules) and supporting tooling to ensure reliable integrations
• Develops and maintains ecosystem tooling in Go and Python (validators, generators, CI helpers, release utilities)
• Integrates gateway/edge and identity requirements into reference implementations (e.g., auth flows, policy hooks, onboarding paths)
• Uses AI agents/skills to reduce toil in day-to-day engineering work (e.g., PR validation summaries, impact notes, suggested remediations) with review and verification steps
• Implements automated tests and quality gates for ecosystem outputs (SDKs, IaC providers/modules, docs outputs) using contract tests, golden tests, and spec compliance checks
• Adds breaking-change detection and compatibility checks to CI pipelines and helps triage failures with clear remediation guidance
• Defines deployment and release guidelines for ecosystem tooling and docs/developer platforms (build/test/release, preview environments, artifact publishing)
• Defines and executes environment planning and cross-functional dependencies for services and pipelines; contributes to Kubernetes-based operations where applicable
• Documents software configuration management practices and educates cross-functional stakeholders on the processes and tools, including CI/CD and release workflows
• Applies infrastructure-as-code practices to improve repeatability and reduce manual operational effort
• Maintains inventory of key ecosystem services, pipelines, and operational dependencies; keeps runbooks and support docs current
• Helps prepare application support documentation and improves operational readiness (dashboards, alerts, basic runbooks)
• Troubleshoots application and pipeline issues using knowledgebase documents; escalates complex incidents appropriately and contributes to post-incident fixes
• Provides technical guidance to internal teams adopting API standards, SDK/IaC workflows, and docs/developer platform extensions
• Partners with product, platform, and security/identity stakeholders to ensure solutions are usable, secure, and maintainable
• Provides level of effort (LOE) for features and initiatives; identifies dependencies and integration risks
• Works with technical project managers and product management teams to define schedules for multi-repo changes and coordinated releases
• Provides progress updates tied to outcomes (pipeline health, validation coverage, time-to-release), and supports release management execution
• Investigates, analyzes, and evaluates new technologies relevant to API governance, specification tooling, and automation
• Experiments with MCP-based tools and AI-assisted workflows to improve developer experience and engineering efficiency, ensuring outputs remain verifiable and governed