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Staff API EngineerEquinix • Toronto, ON, Canada
Staff API Engineer

Staff API Engineer

Equinix • Toronto, ON, Canada
11 days ago
Salary
CA$88,000.00 yearly
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
  • 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
  • Bachelor’s in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • Working knowledge of CI/CD and Git-based workflows in Linux environments; familiarity with Kubernetes concepts is a plus
  • Experience with infrastructure as code and automation-first practices; familiarity with Terraform Providers/Modules is a plus
  • Proficiency in Go and/or Python for building maintainable tooling, automation, and services
  • Familiarity with gateway/edge and routing patterns (e.g., Apigee, ALB, Kubernetes Ingress, Envoy) and how they influence API usability and onboarding
  • Working knowledge of API specifications and auth concepts (e.g., OpenAPI, OAuth2/OIDC); familiarity with MCP is a plus
  • Experience building and operating production services and/or developer tooling with ownership of reliability and maintainability
  • Demonstrated use of AI agents/skills in engineering workflows with an emphasis on verification and safe operation
  • Experience with SDK generation and/or ecosystem stewardship (release/versioning strategies, compatibility testing)
  • Experience integrating with identity/authorization backends (e.g., OAuth/OIDC integrations, token services, RBAC/ABAC patterns)
  • Experience with docs and developer platforms (e.g., Docusaurus, Backstage, Confluence) including plugins, theming, and platform upgrades
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