CareerPlan

Software Development Engineer Staff

New York City Office NYO1, USFull-time$121k–$218k2026-10-19 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design and operate golden-path systems and AI-driven SDLC capabilities to reduce developer toil and improve delivery speed and quality for hundreds of engineers.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer (Developer Experience / Platform Engineering)

Builds

Self-service tooling, automation, and AI-integrated workflows for the Equinix Developer Platform

Domain

Developer Experience, Platform Engineering, AI-driven Software Development Lifecycle

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Designing opinionated systems at scale, reducing developer toil via automation, AI-driven SDLC modeling, cross-functional partnership, written communication

Preferred skills

Backstage framework experience, enterprise compliance integration, LLM/agentic tool integration, engineering effectiveness metrics

Technologies

Backstage, LLMs, agentic workflows, CI/CD pipelines

Responsibilities

Design and operate golden-path systems, eliminate developer toil through automation, shape AI-driven SDLC capabilities, evaluate AI impact on delivery, partner with security and CI/CD teams, contribute to developer portal evolution

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence