Senior Director, Developer Platform & AI Experience

Equinix; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 403,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

US Benefits

Canada Core Benefits

Job summary

Equinix is seeking a senior engineering leader to own the developer platform, IDEs, copilots, and developer voice. You will drive scalable, secure foundations and foster a culture of quality across engineering teams.

The role emphasizes transformational leadership, deep expertise in IDEs and cloud environments, and shaping platform strategy to enable rapid engineering velocity at scale.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software engineering and 5+ years leading engineering teams.
• Proven track record building developer platforms, tools, or frameworks at scale.
• Deep fluency in IDEs, cloud dev environments, and AI-assisted development.

Responsibilities

• Developer Platform — scalable, secure, performant foundations for every engineering team.
• IDE & AI Copilots — modern IDE integrations and AI-assisted coding.
• Dev Environments — instant, reproducible environments that reduce setup friction.
• Voice of the Developer — gather, analyze, and act on engineers' needs.
• Quality Engineering CoE — standards, tooling, and culture for quality across engineering.

Skills

software engineering

leading teams

developer platforms

IDE & cloud dev

systems thinking

transformational leadership

empathy for engineers

Education

Bachelor’s degree + extensive experience

Tools

Modern IDEs

Cloud Dev Environments

AI-assisted development

Job description

Equinix is seeking a senior engineering leader to own the developer platform, IDEs, copilots, and developer voice. You will drive scalable, secure foundations and foster a culture of quality across engineering teams.

The role emphasizes transformational leadership, deep expertise in IDEs and cloud environments, and shaping platform strategy to enable rapid engineering velocity at scale.