Staff Software Engineer

Who are we? Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet.     A place where bold ideas are welcomed, human connection is valued, and everyone has the opportunity to shape their future.

Help us challenge assumptions, uncover bias, and remove barriers—because progress starts with fresh ideas. You’ll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you’re empowered to do your best work.

Job Summary We are seeking an AI-focused Backend Engineer with Full-Stack capabilities to design and develop scalable AI-powered enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Python-based backend development, Generative AI, Agentic AI frameworks, RAG architectures, API development, cloud-native platforms, and modern frontend technologies such as React. Experience building production-grade AI solutions on OCI, AWS, Azure, or GCP and integrating LLMs into enterprise workflows is highly desirable.

Responsibilities Build AI agents and copilots using LLMs Develop APIs and backend services

Build simple web applications/UI using React, JavaScript/TypeScript, Modern UI frameworks

Implement RAG, vector databases, and enterprise security

Work with structured enterprise data

Built and deployed at least one production AI application Developed both frontend and backend components

Integrated AI with enterprise systems through APIs

Implemented RAG using enterprise data

Deployed AI workloads in cloud environments

Candidates must have independently delivered a production-grade AI application end-to-end, including user interface, backend services, AI orchestration, enterprise integrations, deployment, and operational monitoring

Core AI Engineering Skills

Generative AI and LLM application development

Prompt Engineering and AI workflow orchestration

Agentic AI frameworks and multi-agent systems

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

Vector Databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, ChromaDB, FAISS)

AI Model Integration (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, OCI AI Services)

Fine-tuning and model evaluation

AI observability, guardrails, and responsible AI practices

Backend Engineering Skills Python (mandatory), Java, Node.js, or Go

RESTful APIs and GraphQL

Microservices Architecture

Event-Driven Architecture

API Gateway implementation

Authentication and Authorization (OAuth2, JWT, SSO)

Database Design and Optimization

Message Queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ)

High-performance and scalable backend systems

Full-Stack Development Skills React, Next.js, Angular, or Vue.js

TypeScript and JavaScript

Modern UI/UX development

State Management (Redux, Zustand)

Responsive Web Applications

Frontend integration with AI services and APIs

Cloud & DevOps Skills Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), AWS, Azure, or GCP

Kubernetes and Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Monitoring and Observability (Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus)

Serverless Architecture

Data & Integration Skills SQL and NoSQL databases

Data Pipelines and ETL

Data Modeling

Integration Platforms and APIs

Real-time data processing

Enterprise application integrations

AI Frameworks & Tools LangChain

LangGraph

LlamaIndex

CrewAI

AutoGen

Hugging Face

PyTorch

TensorFlow

MLflow

Enterprise Skills Solution Architecture

Security-by-Design

Performance Optimization

System Design

Agile/Scrum methodologies

Technical leadership and mentoring

Qualifications 5+ years experience

Frontend (20 - 30%) Backend (30 - 40%) AI/LLM layer (30 - 40%) Cloud & Production (10 - 20%) -  AI-focused Backend Engineer with Full-Stack capabilities

Build AI solutions while integrating with large-scale enterprise ecosystems such as oracle etc

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