- 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 dependenciesand 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 current 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 isa 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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📌 Staff Api Engineer (Toronto)
🏢 Equinix
📍 Toronto