Equinix
Staff / Senior Staff Engineer, AI Agent Engineering
Toronto · Staff+ · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$131k-$181kDetected 1 day ago
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About the role
- You will not just use AI to code faster.
Responsibilities
- Build Production AI Agents
- Design, build, and ship LLM-powered agents that execute real lifecycle work: intake triage, estimation, requirements, technical design, coding, testing, release, and operations
- Build on Equinix's enterprise AI platform: AI gateway, orchestration, audit, and access control, with security and privacy by design
- Design and automate eval suites that measure agent output quality on every change, and make passing evals the release gate for agents
- Build the knowledge layers agents depend on: retrieval over process libraries, decision histories, code, and delivery data
Requirements
- 6+ years (Staff) or 9+ years (Senior Staff) of professional software engineering experience, with a record of shipping and operating production systems
- Experience designing evaluations for AI systems, or strong test-engineering instincts you are eager to apply to non-deterministic software
Nice to have
- Experience with agent frameworks and protocols such as MCP, A2A, Anthropic or OpenAI APIs, Bedrock, Vertex, or LangGraph
- Knowledge-engineering experience: retrieval systems, embeddings, or enterprise knowledge graphs
- Evidence of craft: open-source contributions, technical writing, or internal platforms with devoted users
- Core Competencies
- Agent Engineering
- LLM application architecture
- prompt and context engineering
- tool use and orchestration
Skills
- Most engineering roles now come with AI tools.
- This one comes with a mission.
- Your agents will write software; your engineering decides what ships.
- Experience taking AI features through security, privacy, and responsible AI review in an enterprise
Compensation
- The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:
Benefits
- You may enroll in healthcare coverage that is designed to complement the provincial healthcare system, along with life, disability and optional benefit plans that are designed for you and your eligible family members. -
- Equinix-sponsored retirement or savings plans:
- Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Group Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and Tax-Free Savings Plan (TSFA). -
- Vacation and Paid Holidays:
- Equinix offers both vacation and personal time, along with various paid holidays for you to rest and recharge.
- Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits.
- Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability.
- Benefits are subject to specific plan or program terms, and to change at Equinix discretion.
Equal opportunity
- 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.
Visa & Work Authorization
- 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 id
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