Software Development Engineer AIAgentic Systems
Job Location:
Redwood City, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Who are we
Equinix is the worlds digital infrastructure company shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work life and planet.
Job Summary
The Senior Requirements Engineer for AI Agents & Agentic Workflows is a critical role within the Developer Experience Program (EDP) responsible for defining and shaping the requirements for Equinixs most forward-looking developer productivity investments. You will own the requirements for an agentic execution framework Claude Code platform integration an AI Agent Registry and a low-code agent build platform. This role sits at the intersection of developer experience AI/ML platform engineering and product strategy. You will translate ambiguous high-impact goals like reducing PR cycle time by 50% and achieving a 50% developer productivity gain into precise actionable requirements that engineering teams can build against. You will work and partner closely with platform engineering compliance governance and AI platform teams
Responsibilities
Design and build the Agentic Execution Framework: event bus integration agent scaffolding human-in-the-loop approval queues retry and error handling and end-to-end execution traceability
Implement Claude Code platform-native integrations: CI failure triage agent PR assist agent unit test generation agent and the what should I work on developer portal surface
Build and maintain the AI Agent Registry: catalog service agent metadata schema discovery APIs trust boundary enforcement versioning and lifecycle management
Develop the Agent Build Platform: a low-code UI graph-based workflow builder that enables developers without deep agentic knowledge to compose and deploy production-ready agentic workflows
Implement agent integration connectors into delivery pipelines incident management systems and policy enforcement layers to automate manual handoffs and reduce developer toil
Build scoped permission models execution isolation environments audit logging and human-in-the-loop guardrails to ensure agents operate safely within enterprise governance boundaries
Instrument all agentic systems with observability hooks logs metrics traces and integrate with the unified observability platform
Write clean well-tested production-grade code with high coverage; own your services from development through deployment and on-call
Participate in architecture design reviews contribute to engineering standards and help define patterns that other teams can follow when building agentic systems
Continuously measure impact against developer productivity metrics PR cycle time time to first commit deployment frequency and iterate based on data
Technical Requirements
Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages Go Python Java or TypeScript with demonstrable experience building event-driven or distributed systems in production
Hands-on experience building with LLM APIs and agentic frameworks: LangChain LangGraph AutoGen CrewAI Amazon Bedrock Agents or equivalents
Experience integrating with GitHub APIs GitHub Actions and CI/CD pipeline systems building bots automation workflows or developer tooling on top of these platforms
Practical knowledge of event streaming and messaging systems: Kafka EventBridge RabbitMQ or equivalents able to design reliable observable event-driven pipelines
Experience building and consuming REST and GraphQL APIs; comfortable designing service contracts and integration schemas
Familiarity with workflow orchestration platforms such as Temporal Prefect or similar
Understanding of developer portal frameworks particularly Backstage able to build and publish plugins that surface agentic capabilities in the developer experience layer
Solid grasp of security patterns relevant to agent systems: non-human identity scoped permissions secrets management least-privilege execution and audit trails
Experience with containerized workloads and Kubernetes able to deploy operate and scale agent services in a cloud-native environment
Proficiency with observability tooling: structured logging metrics instrumentation (Prometheus/Grafana) and distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry)
Qualifications
7 years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years focused on platform engineering developer tooling or AI/ML systems in a production environment
Demonstrated experience shipping agentic or LLM-powered systems at scale not just prototypes but production services with reliability governance and observability requirements
Strong track record of building internal developer platforms developer portals or self-service tooling used by large engineering organizations
Experience working in large matrixed engineering environments comfortable navigating dependencies across security platform compliance and application engineering teams
Ability to operate with autonomy on ambiguous greenfield engineering challenges where the patterns are still being defined
Strong written and verbal communication skills able to document architecture decisions write clear technical specs and engage productively with product and business stakeholders
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field; equivalent practical experience accepted
The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:
United States - Redwood City Office GHQ : 186000 - 280000 USD / Annual
Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role level and location.The pay range shown is based on our compensation structure in place at the time of posting and may be updated periodically based on business needs. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills experience and relevant education and/or training.
The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus equity or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus and equity may be offered depending on the position.
Equinix Benefits
As an employee you become important to Equinixs success. We ensure all your benefits are in line with our core values: competitive inclusive sustainable connected and efficient. We keep them competitive within the current marketplace to ensure were providing you with the best package possible. So wherever you are in your career and life youll be able to enhance your experience and bring your whole self to work.
Employee Assistance Program: An Employee Assistance program is available to all employees.
US Benefits: - Insurance: You may enroll in health life disability and voluntary plans that are designed for you and your eligible family members. - Retirement: You and Equinix may contribute to a retirement plan to help you plan for your financial future. - Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays: You will receive an accrued amount of PTO each pay period along with various paid holidays for you to rest and recharge. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific plan or program terms.Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation please let us know by completing this form.
Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and in the U.S. an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race color religion creed national or ethnic origin ancestry place of birth citizenship sex pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital or domestic partnership status age veteran or military status physical or mental disability medical condition genetic information political / organizational affiliation status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse or any other status protected by applicable law.
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About Company
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects businesses with partners and customers around the world through a global platform of high performance data centers, containing dynamic ecosystems and the broadest choice of networks. Platform Equinix connects more than 4,000 enterprises, cloud, d ... View more
